Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars are gonna give it to you, and if you're in the U.K., "Uptown Funk" is something you want very much. For the third week, the funk-infused Uptown Special single sits atop the British singles chart and the track is breaking all sorts of streaming records.
"Uptown Funk" easily landed the No. 1 spot on the Official Singles Chart, The Official Charts Company reported over the weekend. The single had chart sales exceeding 156,000 copies, though those "sales" incorporate streaming numbers. And it seems as though the streaming numbers are what really helped Ronson and Mars. "Uptown Funk" was streamed roughly 2.56 million times in the U.K. over the last seven days.
That massive number sets a new record for streams in the U.K. beating... "Uptown Funk." Ronson and Mars previously held the most-streamed song title in the previous week, with 2.49 million plays. This is actually the third week that Ronson has broken the streaming record. In the previous two weeks, the producer smashed his own record.
"Uptown Funk" was also the first song to chalk up over 2 million streams in a single week.
Of course, "Uptown Funk" isn't the only single making waves overseas. Though the song leads the Official Singles Chart, a newcomer, DJ Philip George debuted at No. 2 with his Stevie Wonder sampling single "Wish You Were Mine."
Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" locked in at No. 3, also thanks to strong streaming numbers. His heartfelt x single was played over 1.73 million times over the last week.
Other singles in the top five are Ben Haenow's "Something I Need," which previously held the coveted Christmas No. 1 title, and Taylor Swift's 1989 smash "Blank Space."
