Daft Punk’s Get Lucky has become the first single of 2013 to pass the million sales mark.
The song, which features Pharrell Williams and Chic’s Nile Rodgers, is the biggest selling single of the year and the 136th million seller in the history of the charts, the Official Charts Company (OCC) have revealed.
Further statistics showed that the duo is the second French act from their country to enjoy a million seller after David Guetta’s Titanium. It is also one of the fastest selling, reaching the milestone in 69 days.
Nile Rodgers said: ‘The fact that Get Lucky has sold a million copies in the UK is one thing, but to do it in 69 days?! I’m awestruck.
‘When I think how it happened, too, with people who I like a lot, that we just decided to go into the studio and do something … And then it turns out like this? It’s absolutely remarkable, because no-one was prepared for this!’
He added: ‘I’ve had big records and number ones; I have had records that were number one in the United States but nowhere else … I’ve had records which have done well [in the UK], but not in the States. But to have this ubiquitous record, that is a hit everywhere … It’s amazing to me! I’m out on the road and I can hear it wherever I go. I’m flabbergasted.’
The OCC also revealed a number of other singles have reached the million seller mark over the course of the last month.
These include Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee (1976), Mysterious Girl by Peter Andre FT Bubbler Ranx (1995), Whole Again by Atomic Kitten (2001).
The song, which features Pharrell Williams and Chic’s Nile Rodgers, is the biggest selling single of the year and the 136th million seller in the history of the charts, the Official Charts Company (OCC) have revealed.
Further statistics showed that the duo is the second French act from their country to enjoy a million seller after David Guetta’s Titanium. It is also one of the fastest selling, reaching the milestone in 69 days.
Nile Rodgers said: ‘The fact that Get Lucky has sold a million copies in the UK is one thing, but to do it in 69 days?! I’m awestruck.
‘When I think how it happened, too, with people who I like a lot, that we just decided to go into the studio and do something … And then it turns out like this? It’s absolutely remarkable, because no-one was prepared for this!’
He added: ‘I’ve had big records and number ones; I have had records that were number one in the United States but nowhere else … I’ve had records which have done well [in the UK], but not in the States. But to have this ubiquitous record, that is a hit everywhere … It’s amazing to me! I’m out on the road and I can hear it wherever I go. I’m flabbergasted.’
The OCC also revealed a number of other singles have reached the million seller mark over the course of the last month.
These include Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee (1976), Mysterious Girl by Peter Andre FT Bubbler Ranx (1995), Whole Again by Atomic Kitten (2001).
