Can Three Lions bring football back to the top of the singles chart?

Can Three Lions bring football back to the top of the singles chart?

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and it seems football may really be coming home in the singles chart.

Yes, David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ 1996 hit Three Lions is back at No.1.

Having racked up 31,167 sales so far this week (including 2,570,301 streams), it’s out in front of George Ezra’s Shotgun (26,143 sales) and Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato’s Solo (17,706 sales). Years & Years hit No.4 with If You’re Over Me (15,444 sales) and Drake completes the Top 5 with Don’t Matter To Me (feat. Michael Jackson), which has 14,866 sales.

Years & Years are going well in the albums list too, with Palo Santo entering at No.1 on 12,305 sales so far. The Greatest Showman OST is at No.2 on 9,806 sales. Drake’s Scorpion (9,357 sales), George Ezra’s Staying At Tamara’s (8,287 sales) and Tom Grennan’s Lighting Matches (7,309 sales) complete the Top 5.

Vindaloo, by Fat Les, and New Order's World In Motion also see a return to the charts at No.s 28 and 34 respectively.

You can view the full Top 40 singles and albums charts below.

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

24

1

3 LIONS

BADDIEL/SKINNER/LIGHTNING SEED

EPIC

27

1

2

SHOTGUN

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

16

3

3

SOLO

CLEAN BANDIT FT DEMI LOVATO

ATLANTIC

8

9

4

IF YOU'RE OVER ME

YEARS & YEARS

POLYDOR

9

2

5

DON'T MATTER TO ME

DRAKE FT MICHAEL JACKSON

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

2

11

6

RISE

JONAS BLUE FT JACK & JACK

POSITIVA

7

6

7

2002

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM

12

8

8

I LIKE IT

CARDI B/BAD BUNNY/J BALVIN

ATLANTIC

14

10

9

GIRLS LIKE YOU

MAROON 5 FT CARDI B

INTERSCOPE

6

12

10

YOUNGBLOOD

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

CAPITOL

13

7

12

I'LL BE THERE

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

10

13

13

LEAVE A LIGHT ON

TOM WALKER

RELENTLESS

18

17

14

JACKIE CHAN

TIESTO/DZEKO/PREME/POST MALONE

POSITIVA

8

16

15

ONE KISS

CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA

COLUMBIA/WARNER BROS

14

15

16

BETTER NOW

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

11

4

17

NONSTOP

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

2

NEW

18

AMERICAN IDIOT

GREEN DAY

REPRISE

31

14

19

SAD

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

14

25

20

FIRST TIME

M-22 FT MEDINA

3 BEAT

18

18

21

LUCID DREAMS

JUICE WRLD

INTERSCOPE

7

19

22

BACK TO YOU

SELENA GOMEZ

INTERSCOPE

9

21

23

PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE)

ASAP ROCKY FT SKEPTA

ASAP WORLDWIDE/POLO/RCA

7

20

24

FAMILIAR

LIAM PAYNE & J BALVIN

CAPITOL

12

22

25

BUTTERFLIES

AJ TRACEY & NOT3S

AJ TRACEY

6

23

26

GERMAN

EO

COLUMBIA

14

40

27

ONLY YOU

CHEAT CODES & LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

3

NEW

28

VINDALOO

FAT LES

UNION SQUARE MUSIC

35

26

29

OH MY

DAPPY FT AY EM

POLYDOR

8

27

30

TASTE

TYGA FT OFFSET

LAST KINGS MUSIC

8

36

31

RING RING

JAX JONES/MABEL/RICH THE KID

POLYDOR

3

32

32

NEVERMIND

DENNIS LLOYD

PARLOPHONE

13

28

33

PARADISE

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

25

NEW

34

WORLD IN MOTION

NEW ORDER

RHINO

14

35

35

BED

NICKI MINAJ FT ARIANA GRANDE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

4

29

36

NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

12

34

37

FLAMES

DAVID GUETTA FT SIA

PARLOPHONE

16

39

38

THIS IS ME

SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS

ATLANTIC

28

30

39

MAN DOWN

SHAKKA FT ALUNAGEORGE

PARLOPHONE

17

44

40

PANIC ROOM

AU/RA & CAMELPHAT

RCA

7

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

PALO SANTO

YEARS & YEARS

POLYDOR

1

3

2

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

30

1

3

SCORPION

DRAKE

ISLAND

2

4

4

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

16

NEW

5

LIGHTING MATCHES

TOM GRENNAN

INSANITY

1

2

6

HIGH AS HOPE

FLORENCE & THE MACHINE

EMI

2

8

7

CRUISING WITH

JANE MCDONALD

CHANNEL 5

3

7

8

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

71

10

9

BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

11

9

10

PRAY FOR THE WICKED

PANIC AT THE DISCO

DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN

3

6

11

APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

GUNS N' ROSES

POLYDOR/UMC

556

5

12

THE NOW NOW

GORILLAZ

PARLOPHONE

2

12

13

SPEAK YOUR MIND

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM

11

11

14

QUESTION MARK

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

17

18

15

EVERYTHING IS LOVE

CARTERS

RCA/ROC NATION

4

17

16

SHAWN MENDES

SHAWN MENDES

EMI

7

14

17

THE BEACH BOYS WITH THE ROYAL

BEACH BOYS/RPO

UMC

5

21

18

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1073

41

19

MAMMA MIA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

6

20

20

WANTED ON VOYAGE

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

164

24

21

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA

POLYDOR

1164

29

22

WILDNESS

SNOW PATROL

POLYDOR

7

23

23

TIME FLIES - 1994-2009

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

379

22

24

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

212

26

25

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

58

NEW

26

OCEAN MACHINE - LIVE AT THE ANCIENT

DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT

CENTURY MEDIA

1

25

27

TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO

ARCTIC MONKEYS

DOMINO RECORDINGS

9

19

28

17

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

45

NEW

29

IS THIS THE LIFE WE REALLY WANT

ROGER WATERS

COLUMBIA

9

36

30

I CRY WHEN I LAUGH

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

151

34

31

THE VERY BEST OF

FLEETWOOD MAC

WSM

549

39

32

GLORY DAYS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

86

38

33

LUNGS

FLORENCE & THE MACHINE

ISLAND

244

46

34

GREATEST HITS

QUEEN

VIRGIN

850

NEW

35

ENDLESS SCROLL

BODEGA

WHAT'S YOUR RUPTURE

1

35

36

CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

518

32

37

YOUNGBLOOD

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

CAPITOL

4

31

38

INVASION OF PRIVACY

CARDI B

ATLANTIC

14

50

39

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

75

42

40

RUMOURS

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO/WARNER BROS

531



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