List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2007
The
independent record labels in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company,[1] and is based on both physical and digital
single sales. During 2007, 37 singles reached number one.
The biggest-selling indie hit of the year was "
Reverend and The Makers, which sold approximately 97,000 singles, and "Fluorescent Adolescent" by Arctic Monkeys,[2]
which sold more than 96,000 copies.
Eight acts managed to top the UK Indie Chart more than once. They were: Good Shoes, Arctic Monkeys, Elliot Minor, The Pigeon Detectives, Reverend and The Makers, The White Stripes, Jack Peñate and Dizzee Rascal.
Chart-topping singles from the 2007 UK Indie Chart also included "
Vic Reeves, which topped the indie chart in December.[5]
Chart history
† | Best-selling indie single of the year |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Record label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 January | "The Photos on My Wall" | Good Shoes | Brille | [6] |
14 January | "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" | Jarvis Cocker | Rough Trade | [7] |
21 January | "Rain Down Love" | Freemasons
featuring Siedah Garrett |
Loaded | [8] |
28 January | [8] | |||
4 February | [9] | |||
11 February | "Giddy Stratospheres" | The Long Blondes | Rough Trade | [10] |
18 February | "I'm a Rat" | Towers of London | TVT | [10] |
25 February | "Dare Me (Stupidisco)" | Shena
|
Defected | [11] |
4 March | "Standing in the Way of Control" | Gossip | Back Yard | [12] |
11 March | "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" | Enter Shikari | Ambush Reality
|
[13] |
18 March | "Never Meant to Hurt You" | Good Shoes | Brille | [14] |
25 March | "Our Velocity" | Maxïmo Park | Warp | [14] |
1 April | " Dancefloor "
|
The Holloways | TVT | [15] |
8 April | "Our Velocity" | Maxïmo Park | Warp | [15] |
15 April | "Parallel Worlds" | Elliot Minor | Repossession | [16] |
22 April | "Brianstorm" † | Arctic Monkeys | Domino | [17] |
29 April | [17] | |||
6 May | [18] | |||
13 May | [19] | |||
20 May | "Waterloo Sunset" | The Kinks | Castle | [20] |
27 May | " I'm Not Sorry "
|
The Pigeon Detectives | Dance to the Radio | [21] |
3 June | "Heavyweight Champion of the World" | Reverend and The Makers
|
Wall of Sound | [22] |
10 June | "Sound of Freedom" | Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine and Dollarman |
Defected | [23] |
17 June | "Icky Thump" | The White Stripes | XL | [24] |
24 June | [25] | |||
1 July | "Torn on the Platform" | Jack Peñate | [26] | |
8 July | [27] | |||
15 July | "Fluorescent Adolescent" | Arctic Monkeys | Domino | [28] |
22 July | [29] | |||
29 July | [30] | |||
5 August | " Pussy'ole (Old Skool) "
|
Dizzee Rascal | XL | [31] |
12 August | "Jessica" | Elliot Minor | Repossession | [31] |
19 August | "Take Her Back" | The Pigeon Detectives | Dance to the Radio | [32] |
26 August | "My Baby Left Me" | Elvis Presley | Memphis
|
[33] |
2 September | [34] | |||
9 September | "He Said He Loved Me" | Reverend and The Makers | Wall of Sound | [35] |
16 September | "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" | The White Stripes | XL | [36] |
23 September | "We Apologise for Nothing" | Fightstar | Institute | [37] |
30 September | "Second, Minute or Hour" | Jack Peñate | XL | [38] |
7 October | "Jimmy" | M.I.A.
|
[38] | |
14 October | "Crocodile" | Underworld | Underworldlive.com
|
[39] |
21 October | "Take Off" | Jack Rokka vs. Betty Boo
|
Gusto | [40] |
28 October | "Hold My Hand" | Unkle | Surrender-All | [41] |
4 November | "Run-Away" | Super Furry Animals | Rough Trade | [42] |
11 November | [43] | |||
18 November | " I Found Out "
|
The Pigeon Detectives | Dance to the Radio | [44] |
25 November | "Flex" | Dizzee Rascal | XL | [45] |
2 December | [46] | |||
9 December | "Teddy Picker" | Arctic Monkeys | Domino | [47] |
16 December | " Life's a Treat "
|
Shaun the Sheep | Tug
|
[48] |
23 December | [49] | |||
30 December | [50] |
See also
- List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2007
- List of UK Singles Downloads Chart number ones of the 2000s
- List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2007
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s
References
General
- "The Official UK Indie Charts". ChartsPlus (281–331). Milton Keynes: Musiqware: 14. 2007.
- "The Official UK Singles Chart 2007" (PDF). ChartsPlus (Special Issue). Milton Keynes: Musiqware. January 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
Specific
- ^ "About Us – Who We Are – The Charts We Compile". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
... Indie (Singles & Albums) ...
- ^ a b ChartsPlus 2008, p. 1.
- ^ "Brianstorm". Official Charts Company. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "everyHit.com Note". everyHit. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ Briggs, Caroline (19 December 2007). "Contenders vie for Christmas hit" (STM). London: BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (281). 10 January.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (282). 17 January.
- ^ a b "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 28 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2 February 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 4 February 2007. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 18 February 2007. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 25 February 2007. Archived from the original on 28 February 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 4 March 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 11 March 2007. Archived from the original on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 25 March 2007. Archived from the original on 27 March 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 8 April 2007. Archived from the original on 9 April 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 15 April 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (298). 9 May.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (299). 16 May.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (300). 23 May.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (301). 30 May.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (302). 6 June.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (303). 13 June.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (304). 20 June.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (305). 27 June.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (306). 4 July.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (307). 11 July.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (308). 18 July.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (309). 25 July.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (310). 1 August.
- ^ a b "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 12 August 2007. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (313). 22 August.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (314). 29 August.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (315). 5 September.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (316). 12 September.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (317). 19 September.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (318). 26 September.
- ^ a b "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 7 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Top 30 Independent Label Singles". London: BBC Radio 1. 14 October 2007. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (322). 24 October.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (323). 31 October.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (324). 7 November.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (325). 14 November.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (326). 21 November.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (327). 28 November.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (328). 5 December.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (329). 12 December.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (330). 19 December.
- ^ ChartsPlus 2007, (331). 26 December.
- ChartsPlus (332). Milton Keynes: Musiqware: 14. 2 January 2008.