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It’s been an unforgettable summer of scorching temperatures in Britain, but, which song will go down in the history books as its soundtrack?

With several tracks in the running for the coveted Official Biggest Song of the Summer title, OfficialCharts.com can confirm one song has shone brightest underneath the hot sun - George Ezra’s Shotgun.

New Official Charts Company data tracking UK sales and streams from June 1 to August 31 2018 reveals George’s sun-soaked singalong is the biggest of the season, with 820,000 combined sales, made up of 67 million audio streams, 24 million video streams and 168,000 downloads.

The track, taken from George Ezra’s Number 1 album Staying At Tamara’s, became his first chart-topping single in July and has logged four non-consecutive weeks at the summit.

George told OfficialCharts.com: "Thank you very much to all of you that have come and seen us live, played the song, shared it with your friends and family and sung along with us. It's been an amazing summer."

The 25 year-old British singer/songwriter’s popularity is soaring high in the sky right now with audiences the length of the UK; his breezy hooks have brightened the Official Singles and Albums Chart all year, as a result previous single Paradise places at Number 17 in today’s newly unveiled list too, while his Staying At Tamara’s album has yet to exit the weekly Top 5 since its April release.

Shotgun beats fierce competition from summer club anthem One Kiss by Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa. Released in April, the eight-week Number 1 smash logged 608,000 combined sales across the three-month period.

Two more former chart-toppers make up the Top 5: Drake’s four-week leader In My Feelings (596k) at 3, and Clean Bandit’s Solo ft. Demi Lovato (588k) – Number 1 for a single week in June - at 4. Drake appears three more times in the summer Top 40 with tracks from his Scorpion album: Nice For What at 6, Don’t Matter To Me ft. Michael Jackson at 23 and God’s Plan at 25.

Completing the Top 5 is Anne-Marie’s 2002. The Ed Sheeran co-penned ode to the ‘00s peaked at Number 3 and has dominated the airwaves this summer.



Anne-Marie and Ed Sheeran

Years & Years’ If You’re Over Me (8) and Jonas Blue’s Rise ft. Jack & Jack (9) were also hugely popular as the sun blazed, while Jess Glynne’s Number 1 hit I’ll Be There completes the Top 10.

Further down, several new acts scored their breakthrough hit this summer season, led by Leave A Light On by Scottish singer-songwriter Tom Walker, who ranks 16th on the Official Top 40 Songs of the Summer. Elsewhere, Lucid Dreams by Chicago rapper Juice Wrld (18), Butterflies by British rapper AJ Tracey (24), Body by Canadian duo Loud Luxury (30) and German by 16 year old rapper EO (31).

The UK's Official Top 40 Biggest Song of the Summer 2018

POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK 1 SHOTGUN GEORGE EZRA 1 2 ONE KISS CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA 1 3 IN MY FEELINGS DRAKE 1 4 SOLO CLEAN BANDIT FT DEMI LOVATO 1 5 2002 ANNE-MARIE 3 6 NICE FOR WHAT DRAKE 1 7 YOUNGBLOOD 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER 4 8 IF YOU'RE OVER ME YEARS & YEARS 6 9 RISE JONAS BLUE FT JACK & JACK 3 10 I'LL BE THERE JESS GLYNNE 1 11 I LIKE IT CARDI B/BAD BUNNY/J BALVIN 8 12 GIRLS LIKE YOU MAROON 5 FT CARDI B 7 13 BETTER NOW POST MALONE 6 14 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY ARIANA GRANDE 2 15 JACKIE CHAN TIESTO/DZEKO/PREME/POST MALONE 5 16 LEAVE A LIGHT ON TOM WALKER 7 17 PARADISE GEORGE EZRA 2 18 LUCID DREAMS JUICE WRLD 10 19 THIS IS ME SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS 3 20 FLAMES DAVID GUETTA FT SIA 7 21 TASTE TYGA FT OFFSET 9 22 THESE DAYS RUDIMENTAL/GLYNNE/MACKLEMORE 1 23 DON'T MATTER TO ME DRAKE FT MICHAEL JACKSON 2 24 BUTTERFLIES AJ TRACEY & NOT3S 19 25 GOD'S PLAN DRAKE 1 26 PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE) ASAP ROCKY FT SKEPTA 18 27 SAD XXXTENTACION 5 28 ANSWERPHONE BANX & RANX/ELLA EYRE/BANE 5 29 BACK TO YOU SELENA GOMEZ 13 30 BODY LOUD LUXURY FT BRANDO 5 31 GERMAN EO 13 32 FIRST TIME M-22 FT MEDINA 20 33 LULLABY SIGALA & PALOMA FAITH 6 34 GOD IS A WOMAN ARIANA GRANDE 4 35 FAMILIAR LIAM PAYNE & J BALVIN 14 36 OH MY DAPPY FT AY EM 23 37 FREAKY FRIDAY LIL DICKY FT CHRIS BROWN 1 38 PERFECT ED SHEERAN 1 39 NEVERMIND DENNIS LLOYD 17 40 RING RING JAX JONES/MABEL/RICH THE KID 12

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This chart is based on combined downloads and streaming equivalent sales between June 1 - August 31, 2018.