You know you want it... Blurred Lines becomes the most downloaded single ever

Catchy pop tune Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke is the highest downloaded single. Ever! We also reveal the full top 10 most popular singles...

16:01 22 April 2014

Robin Thicke's floorfilling pop song Blurred Lines has reached a massive milestone: it's officially the Britain's most downloaded music single. 

 

The song features additional vocals from TI and Pharrell Williams, the latter of whom produced the song and co-wrote it with Thicke and TI. It was infmaously performed live with Myley Cyrus twerking to the rhythm. 

 

So far, the track has sold 1.54m copies, just overtaking Adele's Someone Like You (1.53m). 

 

Commenting on the success, Thicke said: "I'm so honoured, the success of Blurred Lines is a dream come true."

 

The song's notoriously racy lyrics and explicit music video containing a wealth of topless girls dancing around a fully clothed Thicke brought the tune controversy, as did allegations that it was ripped off from Marvin Gaye's Got to Give it Up. Blurred Lines was banned by some universities in the UK. 

 

As of April 2014, here are the UK's top 10 most downloaded singles: 

 

1BLURRED LINES

ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL

 

2SOMEONE LIKE YOU

ADELE

 

3MOVES LIKE JAGGER

MAROON 5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA

 

4SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW

GOTYE FT KIMBRA

 

5I GOTTA FEELING

BLACK EYED PEAS

 

6GET LUCKY

DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS

 

7WE FOUND LOVE

RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS

 

8WAKE ME UP

AVICII

 

9HAPPY

PHARRELL WILLIAMS

 

10SEX ON FIRE

KINGS OF LEON