List of UK top-ten singles in 2005

Two-hundred and twenty-eight singles charted in 2005, with two-hundred and seventeen singles reaching their peak this year (including the re-entry "Fairytale of New York" and a series of Elvis Presley re-releases which charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run). 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.[11] Three of the singles peaked at number-one: "Jailhouse Rock"[8] and "One Night"/"I Got Stung" in January (the 1000th number-one single on the UK singles chart),[9] and "It's Now or Never" in February.[10] "A Fool Such As I"/"I Need Your Love Tonight",[12] "Are You Lonesome Tonight?",[13] "Wooden Heart",[14] "Surrender",[15] "Good Luck Charm",[16] "(You're the) Devil in Disguise",[17] "Crying in the Chapel"[18] and "Way Down"[19] all reached a high of number two in 2005. Of his other entries, "His Latest Flame"/"Little Sister",[20] "Rock-A-Hula Baby"/"Can't Help Falling in Love",[21] "She's Not You"[22] and "A Little Less Conversation"[23] each charted at number three, while "The Wonder of You" (4) and "Return to Sender" (5) completed his haul.[24]

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,[24] while he had another feature on another song with The Game, "How We Do", which reached number five.[15] "Outta Control Remix" landed at number seven and "Just a Lil Bit" squeezed into the top ten.[25]

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.[26] "Wake Me Up" was their next hit when it reached number four in March.[20] "Long Hot Summer" took seventh spot in September,[27] "Biology"[28] was another number four entry and they finished the year with "See the Day" peaking at number ten.[29]

Chris Martin and Bono's four top ten hits include their vocals on Band Aid 20 at the end of 2004.[30] Martin had three top tens with his band Coldplay in 2005 - "Speed of Sound" (2),[31] "Fix You" (4)[32] and "Talk" (10).[29] 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.[14] "City of Blinding Lights" (2) just missed the top spot in June[33] and "All Because of You" in October peaked at number four.[34]

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,[13] after "The Real Slim Shady", "Stan" (both 2000), "Without Me", "Lose Yourself" (both 2002) and "Just Lose It" (2004). "Ass Like That",[35] "Mockingbird"[36] and "When I'm Gone"[4] 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",[16] and "I'll Be OK"[37] both topped the chart, while "I Wanna Hold You" made number three.[38] They ended the year with number 10 hit "Ultraviolet"/"The Ballad of Paul K".[39]

Girl group Sugababes was one of a number of artists with three top-ten entries, including number one "Push the Button".[40] 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 Presley set several chart records in 2005. With a selection of his back-catalogue (all his UK number-one singles) 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 (Sheeran had seventeen singles in the top 20 that year).

"One Night"/"I Got Stung" was one of the first singles 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. “Baby's Coming Back”/Transylvania” by McFly (2007) was the next single to join Presley on the list.

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 (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.

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.[41] Many other participants had only reached the top 10 in the line-up of their bands, namely Barry Gibb (Bee Gees), Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones), Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys), Célena Cherry (Honeyz), Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley (both America), Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman (both Yes), Kenney Jones (Small Faces, Faces and The Who) and Steve Winwood (The Spencer Davis Group). 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.[42]

Fightstar included Charlie Simpson, formerly of Busted, whose previous top 10 singles included "Crashed the Wedding", "Year 3000" and "Who's David".[43] Simpson's former bandmate James Bourne formed Son of Dork after the band split[44] and charted at number 3 with "Ticket Outta Loserville".[45][46] Lee Ryan made his solo debut outside Blue when "Army of Lovers" reached number 3 in the chart.[45] Bandmate Simon Webbe had two top 10 singles in 2005, "Lay Your Hands"[27] and "No Worries"[47] both peaking at number four.[48]

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.[49] Friday Hill was made up of three members of the successful collective Blazin' Squad: Flava, Kenzie and Strider.[34] Edmée Daenen of the band DHT's was credited separately on the cover of "Listen to Your Heart".[50]

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.

Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Jailhouse Rock" (from Jailhouse Rock),[51] "1 Thing (from Hitch) and "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (The Dukes of Hazzard).[52][53] "Long Hot Summer" was also recorded for Herbie: Fully Loaded but never made the soundtrack.[54]

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.[16]

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.[18]

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.[28]

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.[55]

Tony Christie 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 (including seven weeks at number one), sold over 1.1 million copies and was certified 2x platinum by the BPI (July 2013).[18] "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.[29] Crazy Frog's "Axel F",[31] "You're Beautiful" from James Blunt[56] and "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes made up the top five.[32] Singles by McFly,[16] Akon[36] Madonna,[28] Westlife[57] and Sugababes[40] were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.[58]

"(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" (3) and "That's My Goal" (8) were both ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the decade.