fun. hold off The Wanted to score first UK No.1 single
Published May 27 2012, 19:00 BST | By Tom Eames
fun. have climbed up to this week's number one with their international smash 'We Are Young'.The track - featuring Janelle Monáe - finally topped the singles chart after seven weeks inside the top 40. It has now sold 431,000 copies to date.
The Wanted land at number two with 'Chasing the Sun', narrowly losing out by just over 3,000 copies after they led the pack earlier in the week.
Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' is a non-mover at three after nine weeks around, while Rita Ora slips three from last week's number one to four with 'R.I.P'. Alex Clare falls one to five with 'Too Close'.
Paloma Faith's new single 'Picking Up the Pieces' enters at seven ahead of new album Fall To Grace, which is released tomorrow.
Jennifer Lopez lands at 11 with 'Dance Again', a collaboration with Pitbull, while the rapper's Men in Black III theme 'Back in Time' also enters at 23.
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Kylie Minogue manages to enter the chart at 31 with 'Timebomb', just two days after its digital release.
Martin Solveig also achieves a new entry at 36 with new single 'Night Out'.
Gavin DeGraw re-enters the top 40 for the first time since 2004, with his One Tree Hill theme 'I Don't Want to Be'. Jay-Z and Kanye West also climb back to 34 with 'Paris' following their London gigs.
The Saturdays drop ten spots to 17 with '30 Days', while Professor Green climbs up nine places to 18 with 'Remedy'.
Coldplay's duet with Rihanna 'Princess of China' also rises ten places to 20.
Watch the video for fun.'s 'We Are Young' below:
Source: Official Charts Company
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I don't watch Glee. But I do watch WWE. Rock V Cena promo had this song.
May 28th 2012 at 4:13pm
Great tune, good album, would be better without the autotune.
Listen to first album to see the autotune REALLY isnt needed.
May 28th 2012 at 4:02pm
Obviously it's not needed, you only need an ear to hear that, it's an instrument. Aside from that, it's vocoder, not autotune. Gosh.
May 28th 2012 at 5:10pm
Can I just say, why is everyone referring to them as "fun." - yes they're logo has it spelled that way but it is incorrect and pretentious and I can understand why media would do that. Do they call Pink P!nk in articles, and Steps STEPS even though it doesn't stand for anything. Just wondering!
May 28th 2012 at 10:36am
go on itunes right now and see how their name is spelled on their music.
May 28th 2012 at 10:43am
Maybe because the band's registered name is Fun.
May 28th 2012 at 11:16am
Their name is spelled that way due to a conflict with some Swedish band, as far as I'm aware.
May 28th 2012 at 2:07pm
Yeah as whitelies said it's due to a legal dispute.
May 28th 2012 at 2:38pm
Oh that makes sense then!
May 28th 2012 at 4:13pm
About time too! Brilliant song!!
May 28th 2012 at 10:21am(+1 like)
FInally a proper band getting to number instead of crappy boyband/X-Factor/rubbish that normally pollutes the charts
May 28th 2012 at 6:50am(+4 likes)
Most people only know this song initially because of Glee! Not me because I don't watch it, but I am aware of the connection. So how does that fit in with your crappy boyband/ X Factor rubbish theory? Not that it matters.
May 28th 2012 at 10:22am
The Wanted were put together through auditions outside of The X Factor.
May 28th 2012 at 12:23pm