List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom
Best-selling singles based on paid-for purchases
Until June 2014, only a paid download or a purchase of a physical single counted as a sale. Based on this definition, these are the 50 best-selling singles in the UK.

List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Best-selling singles based on paid-for purchases
Table Section Text: Until June 2014, only a paid download or a purchase of a physical single counted as a sale. Based on this definition, these are the 50 best-selling singles in the UK.

No.	Single	Artist	Record label	Released	Chart peak	Traditional sales

1	"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997"	Elton John	Rocket	September 1997	1	4,935,426

2	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	Band Aid	Mercury	November 1984	1	3,802,066

3	"Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"	Queen	EMI	October 1975 November 1991	1	2,540,604

4	"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"	Wings	Parlophone	November 1977	1	2,086,183

5	"You're the One That I Want"	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	RSO	May 1978	1	2,072,035

6	"Relax"	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	ZTT	January 1984	1	2,066,230

7	"Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring"	Boney M.	Atlantic/Hansa	April 1978	1	2,032,656

8	"Happy"	Pharrell Williams	Columbia	November 2013	1	1,930,000

9	"She Loves You"	The Beatles	Parlophone	August 1963	1	1,922,275

10	"Love Is All Around"	Wet Wet Wet	PolyGram	May 1994	1	1,898,790

11	"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"	Boney M.	Atlantic/Hansa	November 1978	1	1,885,274

12	"Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants"	Wham!	Epic	December 1984	2	1,880,000

13	"I Just Called to Say I Love You"	Stevie Wonder	Motown	August 1984	1	1,874,225

14	"Unchained Melody" / "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"	Robson & Jerome	RCA	May 1995	1	1,867,755

15	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Bryan Adams	A&M	June 1991	1	1,848,154

16	"Barbie Girl"	Aqua	Universal	October 1997	1	1,844,310

17	"Believe"	Cher	WEA	October 1998	1	1,826,573

18	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	The Beatles	Parlophone	November 1963	1	1,810,829

19	"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"	Will Young	S	February 2002	1	1,795,213

20	"Imagine"	John Lennon	Apple	October 1975	1	1,714,351

21	"Blurred Lines"	Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams	Interscope	May 2013	1	1,667,615

22	"I'll Be Missing You"	Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans	Bad Boy	June 1997	1	1,663,303

23	"Uptown Funk"	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	RCA	December 2014	1	1,647,310

24	"Eye of the Tiger"	Survivor	Scotti Brothers	July 1982	1	1,650,293

25	"Someone like You"	Adele	XL	January 2011	1	1,644,597

26	"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	Arista	October 1992	1	1,642,360

27	"Summer Nights"	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	RSO	September 1978	1	1,640,672

28	"Don't You Want Me"	The Human League	Virgin	November 1981	1	1,637,503

29	"Two Tribes"	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	ZTT	May 1984	1	1,629,287

30	"Gangsta's Paradise"	Coolio featuring L.V.	Tommy Boy	October 1995	1	1,585,504

31	"My Heart Will Go On"	Celine Dion	Epic	February 1998	1	1,583,276

32	"Three Lions" "3 Lions '98"	Baddiel & Skinner & The Lightning Seeds	Epic	June 1996	1	1,577,260

33	"...Baby One More Time"	Britney Spears	Jive	February 1999	1	1,558,054

34	"Perfect Day"	Various Artists	Chrysalis	November 1997	1	1,550,017

35	"Can't Buy Me Love"	The Beatles	Parlophone	March 1964	1	1,547,454

36	"Moves Like Jagger"	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	A&M/Octone	August 2011	2	1,536,041

37	"Careless Whisper"	George Michael	Epic	July 1984	1	1,523,852

38	"Karma Chameleon"	Culture Club	Virgin	September 1983	1	1,528,498

39	"Tears"	Ken Dodd	Columbia	August 1965	1	1,523,690

40	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	Island	January 2012	1	1,515,527

41	"Wonderwall"	Oasis	Creation	May 1995	2	1,502,270

42	"Y.M.C.A."	Village People	Mercury	November 1978	1	1,513,677

43	"Wake Me Up"	Avicii	Positiva/PRMD	June 2013	1	1,483,346

44	"I Gotta Feeling"	The Black Eyed Peas	Interscope	September 2009	1	1,477,778

45	"Get Lucky"	Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams	Columbia	April 2013	1	1,471,356

46	"Killing Me Softly"	Fugees	Ruffhouse	June 1996	1	1,457,641

47	"The Power of Love"	Jennifer Rush	CBS	May 1985	1	1,456,087

48	"(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock"	Bill Haley & His Comets	Decca	December 1954	1	1,439,196

49	"It Wasn't Me"	Shaggy	MCA	February 2001	1	1,428,204

50	"Come On Eileen"	Dexys Midnight Runners	Mercury	October 1982	1	1,425,474

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Candle in the Wind 1997 has been certified as the best-selling single of all time in the UK.

final_sentence: Candle in the Wind 1997 has been certified as the best-selling single of all time in the UK.