The UK Dance Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the biggest-selling dance singles in the United Kingdom, and is compiled by the Official Charts Company. The dates listed in the menus below represent the Saturday after the Sunday the chart was announced, as per the way the dates are given in chart publications such as the ones produced by Billboard, Guinness, and Virgin. In 2005, the chart was based on sales of CD singles and 12-inch singles, and was published in the UK magazines ChartsPlus and Music Week and on BBC Radio 1's official website. During the year, 37 singles reached number one.
The biggest-selling dance hit of 2005 was "Hung Up" by Madonna—it sold nearly 328,000 copies in the UK and topped the UK Singles Chart. "Hung Up" was also the longest-running number one of year, spending four weeks at the top; it was the longest running number one since "Lola's Theme" by Shapeshifters had spent five weeks at number one the previous year. Other high-selling dance singles included "I Like the Way" by Bodyrockers, which sold over 188,000 copies, and "Shot You Down" by Audio Bullys featuring Nancy Sinatra, which sold nearly 161,000 singles. Both "I Like the Way" and "Shot You Down" reached Number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Four acts topped the chart with more than one single. They were: Daft Punk, Pendulum, Basement Jaxx and The Prodigy. The only act to top the chart with more than two singles was Mylo, who reached number one with "Destroy Rock & Roll", "In My Arms" and "Doctor Pressure".
Chart-topping singles from the 2005 UK Dance Chart also included "Do Your Thing" by Basement Jaxx, which reached number one after being used in an advert for British television network ITV. The Prodigy topped the chart with a rerelease of their previous singles "Voodoo People" and "Out of Space", which were remixed by fellow chart-toppers Pendulum and Audio Bullys.
Chart history
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Record labelRef.1 January"Pow! (Forward)"Lethal BizzleRelentless8 January15 January"Filthy/Gorgeous"Scissor SistersPolydor22 January"String Of Life (Stronger On My Own)"Soul Centralfeaturing Kathy BrownDefected29 January"Galvanize"The Chemical BrothersVirgin5 February"Destroy Rock & Roll"MyloBreastfed12 February19 February"Galvanize"The Chemical BrothersVirgin26 February5 March"Need to Feel Loved"Reflekt featuring Delline BassPositiva12 March"Daft Punk Is Playing at My House"LCD SoundsystemDFA/EMI19 March"X Ray" / "Scarecrow"Sub FocusRam26 March"Oh My Gosh"Basement JaxxXL2 April"Give Me Your Love"XTM & DJ Chuckypresents AnniaWonderboy9 April"I See Girls"Studio BData16 April"Spitfire"The ProdigyXL23 April"Robot Rock"Daft PunkVirgin30 April"I Like the Way"BodyrockersMercury7 May14 May"Most Precious Love"Blaze presents Udafeaturing Barbara TuckerDefected21 May28 May"In My Arms"MyloBreastfed4 June"Shot You Down"Audio Bullysfeaturing Nancy SinatraSource11 June18 June25 June2 July"Sugar"LadytronIsland9 July"Tarantula" / "Fasten Your Seatbelt"Pendulum featuring The Freestylers and FreshBreakbeat Kaos16 July"Technologic"Daft PunkVirgin23 July"Say Hello"Deep DishPositiva30 July"Shot You Down"Audio Bullysfeaturing Nancy SinatraSource6 August"Everybody"Martin SolveigDefected13 August20 August"Feel The Vibe (Til The Morning Comes)"AxwellData27 August"Little Love"Lil' LovePositiva3 September"Love on My Mind"Freemasonsfeaturing Amanda WilsonLoaded10 September"Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)"Les Rythmes DigitalesData17 September"Doctor Pressure"Mylo vs. Miami Sound MachineBreastfed24 September1 October"Slam" / "Out Here"PendulumBreakbeat Kaos8 October"Do Your Thing"Basement JaxxXL15 October"Voodoo People" / "Out of Space"The Prodigy22 October"No More Conversations"Freeform FivePerspex29 October"You Gonna Want Me"TigaDifferent5 November"Pump Up the Jam"D.O.N.S.featuring TechnotronicData12 November"Voodoo People" / "Out of Space"The ProdigyXL19 November"Hung Up"MadonnaWarner Bros.26 November3 December10 December17 December"What Else Is There?"RöyksoppWall of Sound24 December"Your Body"Tom Novyfeaturing Michael MarshallData31 December"B*tch"Dave McCullenNebula
See also List of number-one singles of 2005 (UK) List of UK Dance Albums Chart number ones of 2005 List of UK Indie Chart number-one singles of 2005 List of UK R&B Chart number-one singles of 2005 List of UK Rock Chart number-one singles of 2005
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External links Dance Singles Chart at the Official Charts Company UK Top 40 Dance Singles at BBC Radio 1