List of UK top-ten singles in 2005
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2005, as well as singles which peaked in 2004 and 2006 but were in the top 10 in 2005. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time.
Two-hundred and twenty-eight singles were in the top ten in 2005. Ten singles from 2004 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "When I'm Gone" by Eminem was released in 2005 but did not reach its peak until 2006. Fifty-two artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2005. Akon, Arctic Monkeys, James Blunt, Kaiser Chiefs and The Pussycat Dolls were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2005.
To mark the late Elvis Presley‘s 70th birthday, all eighteen of his UK number-one singles were re-released. The first single, "All Shook Up", came with a collectors' box that made it ineligible to chart again; each of the other seventeen reissues hit the UK top 5. Two of the three re-released singles which topped the chart - "One Night"/"I Got Stung" and "It's Now or Never" - were also the first and second singles in chart history to spend their only week in the top 10 at number-one before dropping out.
The 2004 Christmas number-one, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20, remained at number-one for the first week of 2005. The first new number-one single of the year was "Against All Odds" by 2004 X Factor winner Steve Brookstein. Overall, twenty-eight different singles peaked at number-one in 2005, with Elvis Presley having the most singles hit that position.
Background
Multiple entries
Two-hundred and twenty-eight singles charted in 2005, with two-hundred and seventeen singles reaching their peak this year. Cabin Crew and Sunset Strippers both reached the charts with a remixed version of "Waiting for a Star to Fall", under the title "Star to Fall" and "Falling Stars" respectively.Fifty-two artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2005. Elvis Presley had the most top ten singles in 2005 with seventeen, eleven of these featuring his backing group The Jordanaires. All the singles had been UK number-ones for Presley and they were re-released to mark what would have been his 70th birthday. Three of the singles peaked at number-one: "Jailhouse Rock" and "One Night"/"I Got Stung" in January, and "It's Now or Never" in February. "A Fool Such As I"/"I Need Your Love Tonight", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", "Wooden Heart", "Surrender", "Good Luck Charm", " Devil in Disguise", "Crying in the Chapel" and "Way Down" all reached a high of number two in 2005. Of his other entries, "His Latest Flame"/"Little Sister", "Rock-A-Hula Baby"/"Can't Help Falling in Love", "She's Not You" and "A Little Less Conversation" each charted at number three, while "The Wonder of You" and "Return to Sender" completed his haul.
50 Cent and Girls Aloud both recorded five top ten hit singles this year. The former spent eleven weeks in the top 10 with his five entries, which included a collaboration on The Game's number four single "Hate It or Love It". "Candy Shop" peaked at the same position, while he had another feature on another song with The Game, "How We Do", which reached number five. "Outta Control Remix" landed at number seven and "Just a Lil Bit" squeezed into the top ten.
Girls Aloud's "I'll Stand by You" originally charted at number-one at the end of 2004 in support of Children in Need and spent a couple more weeks near the top of the chart in January 2005. "Wake Me Up" was their next hit when it reached number four in March. "Long Hot Summer" took seventh spot in September, "Biology" was another number four entry and they finished the year with "See the Day" peaking at number ten.
Chris Martin and Bono's four top ten hits include their vocals on Band Aid 20 at the end of 2004. Martin had three top tens with his band Coldplay in 2005 - "Speed of Sound", "Fix You" and "Talk". Similarly, Bono's other successful singles were as part of U2, the best performing being the number-one single "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" in February. "City of Blinding Lights" just missed the top spot in June and "All Because of You" in October peaked at number four.
American rapper Eminem also had four top ten hits in the UK across 2005. "Like Toy Soldiers" became the sixth number-one single of his career in February, after "The Real Slim Shady", "Stan", "Without Me", "Lose Yourself" and "Just Lose It". "Ass Like That", "Mockingbird" and "When I'm Gone" all reached number four. The final act with four entries in 2005 were McFly. Charity single for Comic Relief, "All About You"/"You've Got a Friend", and "I'll Be OK" both topped the chart, while "I Wanna Hold You" made number three. They ended the year with number 10 hit "Ultraviolet"/"The Ballad of Paul K".
Girl group Sugababes was one of a number of artists with three top-ten entries, including number one "Push the Button". Akon, Ciara, Kaiser Chiefs, Oasis, Robbie Williams and The White Stripes were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 2005.
Elvis sets chart records
set several chart records in 2005. With a selection of his back-catalogue being reissued to mark what would have been the late singer's 70th birthday, his seventeen entries were the most by any artist in the same year. It remains a record as of 2018, with Ed Sheeran’s 2017 haul of eleven top 10s in a calendar year the closest anyone has come since."One Night"/"I Got Stung" became the first single to drop out of the top 10 entirely the week after topping the chart. The feat was repeated by another Presley classic, “It's Now or Never”, with its only week in the top ten spent on top of the chart. As of May 2020, only six other singles have dropped straight from number-one out of the top ten in the space of a week - “Baby's Coming Back”/Transylvania” by McFly, “A Bridge Over You” by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir, “Three Lions” by Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds the LadBaby charity singles "We Built This City on Sausage Rolls", "I Love Sausage Rolls" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Michael Ball, Captain Tom Moore and the NHS Voices of Care Choir.
Chart debuts
Seventy-one artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2005, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, four went on to record another hit single that year: Bloc Party, Crazy Frog, Goldfrapp and The Pussycat Dolls. Akon, Ciara, The Game and Kaiser Chiefs all had two other entries in in their breakthrough year.The following table does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
| Artist | Number of top 10s | First entry | Chart position | Other entries |
| Steve Brookstein | 1 | "Against All Odds" | 1 | — |
| Uniting Nations | 1 | "Out of Touch" | 7 | — |
| Dana Rayne | 1 | "Object of My Desire" | 7 | — |
| Soul Central | 1 | "String Of Life " | 6 | — |
| Kathy Brown | 1 | "String Of Life " | 6 | — |
| Ciara | 3 | "Goodies" | 1 | "1, 2 Step", "Oh" |
| Petey Pablo | 1 | "Goodies" | 1 | — |
| Athlete | 1 | "Wires" | 4 | — |
| One World Project | 1 | "Grief Never Grows Old" | 4 | — |
| Hank Linderman | 1 | "Grief Never Grows Old" | 4 | — |
| Jeffrey Foskett | 1 | "Grief Never Grows Old" | 4 | — |
| Mike Read | 1 | "Grief Never Grows Old" | 4 | — |
| Randell Kirsch | 1 | "Grief Never Grows Old" | 4 | — |
| Lovefreekz | 1 | "Shine" | 7 | — |
| Freefaller | 1 | "Do This! Do That!" | 8 | — |
| Xzibit | 1 | "Hey Now " | 9 | — |
| Bloc Party | 2 | "So Here We Are/Positive Tension" | 5 | "Two More Years" |
| T.I. | 1 | "Soldier" | 4 | — |
| Lil Wayne | 1 | "Soldier" | 4 | — |
| Frankey Maxx | 1 | "Angel Eyes" | 7 | — |
| 7 Aurelius | 1 | "Hush" | 3 | — |
| 3 | "How We Do" | 5 | "Dreams", "Hate It or Love It" | |
| Tim McGraw | 1 | "Over and Over" | 1 | — |
| Akon | 3 | "Locked Up" | 5 | "Belly Dancer ", "Lonely" |
| Kaiser Chiefs | 3 | "Oh My God" | 6 | "Everyday I Love You Less and Less", "I Predict a Riot"/"Sink That Ship" |
| 1 | "Hounds of Love" | 7 | — | |
| Cabin Crew | 1 | "Star to Fall" | 7 | — |
| 1 | "An Honest Mistake" | 7 | — | |
| Sunset Strippers | 1 | "Falling Stars" | 3 | — |
| Phantom Planet | 1 | "California" | 9 | — |
| Peter Kay | 1 | "Is This the Way to Amarillo" | 1 | — |
| Jem | 1 | "They" | 6 | — |
| G4 | 1 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 9 | — |
| Mario | 1 | "Let Me Love You" | 2 | — |
| Olivia | 1 | "Candy Shop" | 4 | — |
| Freeloaders | 1 | "So Much Love to Give" | 9 | — |
| Bodyrockers | 1 | "I Like the Way" | 3 | — |
| Nine Inch Nails | 1 | "The Hand That Feeds" | 7 | — |
| Caesars | 1 | "Jerk It Out" | 8 | — |
| Charlie Wilson | 1 | "Signs" | 2 | — |
| 1 | "Refugees" | 9 | — | |
| Weezer | 1 | "Beverly Hills" | 9 | — |
| Lil Jon | 1 | "Get Low"/"Lovers and Friends" | 10 | — |
| Max Graham | 1 | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | 8 | — |
| Crazy Frog | 2 | "Axel F" | 1 | "Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This" |
| Amerie | 1 | "1 Thing" | 4 | — |
| Audio Bullys | 1 | "Shot You Down" | 3 | — |
| James Blunt | 1 | "You're Beautiful" | 1 | — |
| Fightstar | 1 | "Paint Your Target" | 9 | — |
| Bobby Valentino | 1 | "Slow Down" | 4 | — |
| MVP | 1 | "Roc Ya Body " | 5 | — |
| Hard-Fi | 1 | "Hard to Beat" | 9 | — |
| Daddy Yankee | 1 | "Gasolina" | 5 | — |
| Daniel Powter | 1 | "Bad Day" | 2 | — |
| Goldfrapp | 2 | "Ooh La La" | 4 | "Number 1" |
| British Whale | 1 | "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" | 6 | — |
| Rihanna | 1 | "Pon de Replay" | 2 | — |
| 2 | "Don't Cha" | 1 | "Stickwitu" | |
| Mylo | 1 | "Doctor Pressure" | 3 | — |
| Mobb Deep | 1 | "Outta Control Remix" | 7 | — |
| Jamie Foxx | 1 | "Gold Digger" | 2 | — |
| 1 | "Baby Goodbye" | 5 | — | |
| Arctic Monkeys | 1 | "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" | 1 | — |
| Son of Dork | 1 | "Ticket Outta Loserville" | 3 | — |
| Bootie Brown | 1 | "Dirty Harry" | 6 | — |
| San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus | 1 | "Dirty Harry" | 6 | — |
| Tom Novy | 1 | "Your Body" | 10 | — |
| Michael Marshall | 1 | "Your Body" | 10 | — |
| DHT | 1 | "Listen to Your Heart" | 7 | — |
| Nizlopi | 1 | "JCB Song" | 1 | — |
| Shayne Ward | 1 | "That's My Goal" | 1 | — |
;Notes
One World Project featured several artists who had previously charted in their own right as solo artists, including Boy George, Cliff Richard, Robin Gibb and Russell Watson. Many other participants had only reached the top 10 in the line-up of their bands, namely Barry Gibb, Bill Wyman, Brian Wilson, Célena Cherry, Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley, Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman, Kenney Jones and Steve Winwood. The Tears was made up of ex-Suede members Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, who had had a string of top 10 hits with their previous band but debuted with their new project in 2005.
Fightstar included Charlie Simpson, formerly of Busted, whose previous top 10 singles included "Crashed the Wedding", "Year 3000" and "Who's David". Simpson's former bandmate James Bourne formed Son of Dork after the band split and charted at number 3 with "Ticket Outta Loserville". Lee Ryan made his solo debut outside Blue when "Army of Lovers" reached number 3 in the chart. Bandmate Simon Webbe had two top 10 singles in 2005, "Lay Your Hands" and "No Worries" both peaking at number four.
British Whale was a solo project by Justin Hawkins of The Darkness who had debuted with "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" in 2003. was made up of three members of the successful collective Blazin' Squad: Flava, Kenzie and Strider. Edmée Daenen of the band DHT's was credited separately on the cover of "Listen to Your Heart".
Shaun Ryder, who featured on Gorillaz's number-one single "DARE", had previously reached the UK top 10 as the lead singer of the band Happy Mondays. The group had two top 10 hits, both in 1990, "Step On" and "Kinky Afro", which both peaked at number five.
Songs from films
Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Jailhouse Rock", "1 Thing and "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". "Long Hot Summer" was also recorded for but never made the soundtrack.Charity singles
A number of singles recorded for charity reached the top 10 in the charts in 2005. The Comic Relief single was the double-A side "All About You"/You've Got a Friend" by McFly, peaking at number one on 19 March 2005.A second single was released in aid of Comic Relief, a re-release of Tony Christie's "Is This the Way to Amarillo", featuring comedian Peter Kay, who shot a music video featuring various celebrities and was credited on the release. It topped the charts on 26 March 2005 and spent eleven weeks in the top 10, including seven at number-one.
Liberty X recorded the Children in Need single for 2005, "A Night to Remember". It was the eighth top 10 single of their career and reached number six on 26 November 2005.
Band Aid 20's "Do They Know It's Christmas?", first released in 2004, also spent several weeks in the top 10 at the beginning of the year, having peaked at number-one on 11 December 2004.
Best-selling singles
featuring Peter Kay had the best-selling single of the year with "Is This the Way to Amarillo". The song spent eleven weeks in the top 10, sold over 1.1 million copies and was certified 2x platinum by the BPI. "That's My Goal" by Shayne Ward came in second place, selling more than 874,000 copies and losing out by around 226,000 sales. Crazy Frog's "Axel F", "You're Beautiful" from James Blunt and "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes made up the top five. Singles by McFly, Akon Madonna, Westlife and Sugababes were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year." Amarillo" and "That's My Goal" were both ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the decade.
Top-ten singles
;KeyEntries by artist
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2005, including singles that reached their peak in 2004 or 2006. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2005 is also shown.| Entries | Artist | Country of origin | Weeks | Singles |
| 17 | Elvis Presley | 18 | "A Fool Such As I"/"I Need Your Love Tonight", "A Little Less Conversation", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", "Crying in the Chapel", "Good Luck Charm" "His Latest Flame"/"Little Sister", "It's Now or Never", "Jailhouse Rock, "One Night"/"I Got Stung", "Return to Sender", "Rock-A-Hula Baby"/"Can't Help Falling in Love", "She's Not You", "Surrender", "Way Down", "The Wonder of You", "Wooden Heart", " Devil in Disguise" | |
| 11 | 11 | "A Fool Such As I"/"I Need Your Love Tonight", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", "Crying in the Chapel", "Good Luck Charm", "It's Now or Never", "Return to Sender", "Rock-A-Hula Baby", "She's Not You", "Surrender", "Wooden Heart", " Devil in Disguise" | ||
| 5 | 50 Cent | 11 | "Candy Shop", "Hate It or Love It", "How We Do", "Just a Lil Bit", "Outta Control Remix" | |
| 5 | Girls Aloud | 7 | "Biology", "I'll Stand by You", "Long Hot Summer", "Wake Me Up" | |
| 4 | Bono | 7 | "All Because of You", "City of Blinding Lights", "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" | |
| 4 | Eminem | 9 | "Ass Like That", "Like Toy Soldiers", "Mockingbird", "When I'm Gone" | |
| 4 | Chris Martin | 8 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Fix You", "Speed of Sound", "Talk" | |
| 4 | McFly | 10 | "All About You/You've Got a Friend", "I'll Be OK", "I Wanna Hold You", "Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K" | |
| 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Akon | / | 12 | "Belly Dancer ", "Locked Up", "Lonely" |
| 3 | 12 | "Don't Lie", "Don't Phunk with My Heart","My Humps" | ||
| 3 | Ciara | 10 | "1, 2 Step", "Goodies", "Oh" | |
| 3 | Coldplay | 5 | "Fix You", "Speed of Sound", "Talk" | |
| 3 | 5 | "Dreams", "Hate It or Love It", "How We Do" | ||
| 3 | Gorillaz | 14 | "DARE", "Dirty Harry", "Feel Good Inc." | |
| 3 | Gwen Stefani | 6 | "Can I Have It Like That", "Hollaback Girl", "Rich Girl" | |
| 3 | Justin Hawkins | 5 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "One Way Ticket", "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" | |
| 3 | Kaiser Chiefs | 3 | "Everyday I Love You Less and Less", "I Predict a Riot"/"Sink That Ship", "Oh My God" | |
| 3 | Kelly Clarkson | 10 | "Because of You", "Behind These Hazel Eyes", "Since U Been Gone" | |
| 3 | Lemar | 7 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "If There's Any Justice", "Time to Grow" | |
| 3 | Mariah Carey | 11 | "Get Your Number"/"Shake It Off", "It's Like That", "We Belong Together" | |
| 3 | Nelly | 7 | "'N' Dey Say", "Over and Over", "Tilt Ya Head Back" | |
| 3 | Oasis | 7 | "The Importance of Being Idle", "Let There Be Love", "Lyla" | |
| 3 | Rachel Stevens | 5 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Negotiate with Love", "So Good" | |
| 3 | Robbie Williams | 10 | "Advertising Space", "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Tripping" | |
| 3 | Sugababes | 13 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Push the Button", "Ugly" | |
| 3 | U2 | 4 | "All Because of You", "City of Blinding Lights", "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" | |
| 3 | 3 | "Black and White Town", "The Denial Twist", "My Doorbell" | ||
| 2 | Babyshambles | 2 | "Albion", "Fuck Forever" | |
| 2 | Backstreet Boys | 2 | "Incomplete", "Just Want You to Know" | |
| 2 | Bloc Party | 2 | "So Here We Are"/"Positive Tension", "Two More Years" | |
| 2 | Charlie Simpson | 4 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Paint Your Target" | |
| 2 | Charlotte Church | 5 | "Call My Name", "Crazy Chick" | |
| 2 | Craig David | 5 | "All the Way", "Don't Love You No More " | |
| 2 | Crazy Frog | 12 | "Axel F", "Jingle Bells"/"U Can't Touch This" | |
| 2 | Destiny's Child | 4 | "Girl", "Soldier" | |
| 2 | Elton John | 9 | "Electricity", "Ghetto Gospel" | |
| 2 | Feeder | 4 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Tumble and Fall" | |
| 2 | Goldfrapp | 3 | "Number 1", "Ooh La La" | |
| 2 | Green Day | 9 | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Wake Me Up When September Ends" | |
| 2 | Iron Maiden | 3 | "The Number of the Beast", "The Trooper" | |
| 2 | James Bourne | 6 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Ticket Outta Loserville" | |
| 2 | Jennifer Lopez | 5 | "Get Right", "Hold You Down" | |
| 2 | Kanye West | 7 | "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", "Gold Digger" | |
| 2 | Katie Melua | 5 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Nine Million Bicycles" | |
| 2 | Kylie Minogue | 3 | "Giving You Up", "I Believe in You" | |
| 2 | Liberty X | / | 6 | "A Night to Remember", "Song 4 Lovers" |
| 2 | Missy Elliott | 6 | "1, 2 Step", "Lose Control" | |
| 2 | Natasha Bedingfield | 4 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Unwritten" | |
| 2 | Pussycat Dolls | 14 | "Don't Cha", "Stickwitu" | |
| 2 | Simon Webbe | 8 | "Lay Your Hands", "No Worries" | |
| 2 | Usher | 2 | "Caught Up", "Lovers and Friends" | |
| 2 | Westlife | 10 | "You Raise Me Up", "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" | |
| 2 | Will Young | 4 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Switch It On" |