"Ruby (Kaiser Chiefs song) ""Ruby"" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2007 as the lead single from their second studio album, ""Yours Truly, Angry Mob"" (2007). It became the band's first ever number-one single on 25 February 2007 and ended 2007 as the year's 10th biggest-selling single in the UK with total sales of 313,765. A video single of the song was released in the United States at Best Buy stores on 13 March 2007, two weeks before the album was released there, and featured a"
"and 2005 number 9 hit ""I Predict a Riot"", 2007 UK number 1 hit ""Ruby"", which has sold over 461,000 copies, from their platinum album ""Yours Truly, Angry Mob"" plus a further two Top 20 singles in 2007 with ""The Angry Mob"" and ""Everything Is Average Nowadays"". In 2008, they had a UK number 5 hit with the post-punk revival track ""Never Miss a Beat"". Their 5 singles ""Ruby"", ""I Predict a Riot"", ""Everyday I Love You Less and Less"", ""Never Miss a Beat"" and ""Oh My God"" had sold a combined total of 1.1 million up to August 2012."
"live version of ""Everything Is Average Nowadays"" and the B-side ""Admire You"" (released on the UK 7"" version). The song has sold 375,000 copies in the UK, as stated by the Official Charts Company. ""Ruby"" also was voted number 13 in the Triple J Hottest 100 in 2007. The promo for ""Ruby"" was directed by Swedish production company Stylewar, who also produced the 2005 video for ""I Predict a Riot"", and features the band performing in a desert landscape whilst a CGI metropolis-like miniature city builds around them. The video was scheduled to be shown on Channel 4 at 11:35"
"chart. The White Stripes reached #2 with their single ""Icky Thump"". The 7"" format of the single went on to become the UK's biggest selling 7"" single in twenty years, which was partly due to a tie in with XL Records and NME (who had given away a free foldout 7"" of new song ""Rag and Bone"", with space to include the ""Icky Thump"" 7""). The Traveling Wilburys went to #1 for the first time with ""The Traveling Wilburys Collection"", followed by The White Stripes with their sixth album ""Icky Thump"". Britain's most successful girl group the Spice Girls reformed"
"with Rihanna's ""Umbrella"" at number two (512,730), and Mika's ""Grace Kelly"" in third position. Radiohead's ""In Rainbows"" finally got a physical CD release on 31 December 2007 after causing controversy within the music industry upon initial release as a download only on 10 October 2007. The public were asked to pay whatever they wanted for the record (including nothing) and despite this the CD release would still go on to be the first Number One in the Official Chart Company's album chart for 2008. Notes: 2007 in British music charts This is a summary of the year 2007 in British"
"six original studio albums: ""Employment"" (2005), ""Yours Truly, Angry Mob"" (2007), ""Off with Their Heads"" (2008), ""The Future Is Medieval"" (2011), ""Education, Education, Education & War"" (2014) and ""Stay Together"" (2016), one EP: ""Lap of Honour"" (2005), one compilation album: """" (2012) and numerous singles, including the number one hit song ""Ruby"". Their album ""Employment"" enjoyed critical and commercial success with over three million copies sold. It has won the band three Brit Awards, including the award for Best British Group, a NME award for Best Album, and was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. Their UK hit singles include 2004"
"in Blackpool, Lancashire, alongside Rancid, Buzzcocks, Goldblade, Social Distortion, Public Image Ltd and a reformed Anti-Pasti amongst others. The Ruts The Ruts / Ruts DC are an English reggae-influenced punk rock band, notable for the 1979 UK Top 10 hit ""Babylon's Burning"", and an earlier single ""In a Rut"", which was not a hit but was highly regarded and regularly played by BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel. The Ruts were formed on 18 August 1977. The band consisted of singer Malcolm Owen, guitarist Paul Fox, bass player John ""Segs"" Jennings and drummer Dave Ruffy and were active in"
"2007 in British music charts This is a summary of the year 2007 in British music. It was the first year of digital downloads being fully integrated into the charts, leading to many songs not given physical releases to enter the chart on download sales alone. Leona Lewis had the most successful single of the year with ""Bleeding Love"", which achieved sales of 787,652 copies. Her album ""Spirit"" became the fastest-selling debut album of all time in the UK. Rihanna spent ten weeks at number one with ""Umbrella"", the longest stay for any artist at number 1 for thirteen years"
"hit. In 1991, a club/reggae single was released, entitled ""Rub-A-Dub"". The group released an album ""As One"" which spawned the singles ""Don't Give Up"", ""Talk Back"" and ""Love Don't Live Here Anymore"" - a cover of the Rose Royce track. New interest in ""Just Keep Rockin'"" in December 2007, saw it re-enter the UK Dance Chart at number 32. The trio were responsible for a string of successful remixes including: Michael Menson died on 13 February 1997, having been set on fire by three men in North London. Double Trouble (dance music producers) Double Trouble were successful dance record producers,"
"vocals. The band had earlier revealed to ""NME"" in October 2006 that they had recorded 22 songs and hoped to whittle that number down to 13 or 14 for the final album. Additionally, in July 2006 the band revealed to Gigwise that they'd hoped to have the album released by Valentine's Day 2007. The album was preceded by the release of lead single ""Ruby"" on 19 February. It became the band's first, and to date, only, number one single in the British singles charts. The album reached #1 in the United Kingdom and the band released singles ""Everything is Average"
"music industry. The remaining members of Queen form the Mercury Phoenix Trust and the following year, a tribute concert is staged in Wembley Stadium. A sell-out crowd in attendance witness the three surviving members reuniting to play along with performances by the likes of David Bowie, Elton John, Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Metallica, Annie Lennox, and George Michael. Queen's ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" goes to number one for the second time in the U.K., which is one of the few times a single has gone to number one in the same version more than once (another example is Chubby Checkers' ""The"
"The Ruts The Ruts / Ruts DC are an English reggae-influenced punk rock band, notable for the 1979 UK Top 10 hit ""Babylon's Burning"", and an earlier single ""In a Rut"", which was not a hit but was highly regarded and regularly played by BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel. The Ruts were formed on 18 August 1977. The band consisted of singer Malcolm Owen, guitarist Paul Fox, bass player John ""Segs"" Jennings and drummer Dave Ruffy and were active in anti-racist causes as part of the Misty in Roots People Unite collective based in Southall, West London and"
"In an attempt to gain more air play from a variety of radio stations, two different versions of the song were issued. One version featured just the band, while a second featured an interlude from UK rap artists Sway DaSafo and Baby Blue. The band brought it out via their own label Lucky 7 Records, entering the UK chart at #23 on Sunday 11 March 2007, their highest UK chart single entry since ""Lovestruck"" in 1999. The single also went to #1 on the UK Indie Chart. At the time, guitarist Chris Foreman had left Madness, and does not feature"
"Will Young, Hear'Say, Bryan Adams, Rihanna and Eminem. On this same day, Sugababes earned their sixth number one single with first single from their fifth studio album, ""About You Now"". Also, the Sugababes were the second artist (after Timbaland) to have two singles at number one in 2007. At 36 seconds long, ""The Ladies' Bras"" by Jonny Trunk & Wisbey became the shortest ever single to enter the UK Singles Chart, charting at number 27 on 30 September, breaking the record just a few weeks after ""Spider Pig"". Steve Hewitt, Placebo's drummer of 11 years, left the band as a"
"previously unreleased songs. ""Back to Black"" was released in the UK on 30 October 2006. It went to number one on the UK Albums Chart for two weeks in January 2007, dropping then climbing back for several weeks in February. In the US, it entered at number seven on the Billboard 200. It was the best-selling album in the UK of 2007, selling 1.85million copies over the course of the year. The album spawned a number of hit singles. The first single released from the album was the Ronson-produced ""Rehab."" The song reached the top ten in the UK and"
"as a digital download on 25 December. On 5 March 2007 ""Saturday Superhouse"" was released, reaching No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart, the band's highest single chart position to date. ""Puzzle"" was released in June and helped the band to reach their highest UK Albums Chart position ever, hitting No. 2 in the first week of release, also reaching No. 17 in Ireland, and No. 39 in the overall world charts. The album is certified Gold in the UK, having sold over 220,000 copies, and as of February 2009 has sold over 300,000 worldwide. This album is notable for"
"having somewhat more straightforward song structures and a more melodic overall sound than their previous work, while still retaining some more unusual elements. ""Puzzle"" was voted the best album of 2007 by Kerrang! and Rock Sound. On 25 August, it was announced that ""Machines"" would be the next single from ""Puzzle"", which was released on 8 October. Support slots for acts such as Muse (at the new Wembley Stadium), The Who, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Rolling Stones were significant in expanding Biffy's fan base. The band also played the Download 2007, Glastonbury 2007, Reading and Leeds Festival and"
"UK top 20. Roxy Music reformed at the end of 1978 to record tracks for their sixth studio album ""Manifesto"", which was released in early 1979 and reached no. 7 in the UK album charts, with Ferry, Manzanera, Thompson and Mackay. The follow-up was 1980's ""Flesh + Blood"", which reached no. 1 in the UK album charts, two years before the group's final studio release ""Avalon"" in 1982, which also reached no. 1 in the UK album charts. The band also achieved their first and only UK no. 1 single, ""Jealous Guy"", released in 1981 as a posthumous tribute to"
"and UK Albums Chart. ""Umbrella"" eventually reached a total of ten weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the country's longest-running number-one single of the 21st century since 1994. Rihanna has become the seventh artist in the history of the UK Singles Chart to top the chart for ten straight weeks. By the end of 2007, ""Umbrella"" had sold 512,730 units, making it her biggest-selling single to date and the second biggest-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom. It has since been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry on July 20, 2007. ""Umbrella"" had a"
"album, but none was released. Ward and Roy starred in a series of an ITV drama, ""Britannia High"". Pulse (UK band) Pulse were the winners of the BBC reality show, ""Dance X"". Readers of ""The Sun"" newspaper chose the band's name. They signed a recording contract with Gut Records, and released their first single, ""Dancing in Repeat"", (written by Oscar Görres and Swedish popstar Danny Saucedo) as a digital download in August 2007, and as a CD single the following month. It debuted in the UK Singles Chart on 15 September 2007 at #91. During 2007 they supported Rihanna in"
"15 July 2007 and the BBC Radio 2 main stage was headlined by Supergrass, Squeeze and Madness. The Magic Numbers played before Madness on the Sunday. The second stage (sponsored by Ents24) featured Richard Thompson, The Saw Doctors, and Uriah Heep as the headliners. The 2008 event was sponsored by the University of Surrey and headlined by The Levellers, Blondie and The Australian Pink Floyd Show. Fightstar, The Ghost of a Thousand and The Blackout played the Rock Sound sponsored Rock Cave in 2008 as well. 2009 performers included: Motörhead, Goldie Lookin Chain, You Me at Six, Nouvelle Vague, Brian"
"of ""All the Right Reasons"", it became the band's biggest hit in the country, selling 587,000 copies. ""Rockstar"" debuted on the UK Singles Chart on October 21, 2007 ― week ending date October 27, 2007 ― and lasted almost nine months on the chart. On August 10, 2008 ― week ending date August 16, 2008 ― the song re-entered the chart. The release of ""Rockstar"" also helped ""All the Right Reasons"" achieve a top 10 position in the UK Albums Chart for the first time, becoming their third top 10 album there. It also pushed sales of the album there"
"the week ending date July 7, 2007. On July 29, 2007 ― for the week ending date August 4, 2007 ― it ascended to the top of the chart, ending Rihanna and Jay Z's ten week reign at the summit with ""Umbrella"" and becoming Timbaland's second chart-topping song in Britain following ""Give It to Me"". It maintained the top position for two weeks and became his second longest-running single there (36 weeks), behind ""Apologize"" (42 weeks) and ahead of ""Give It to Me"" (26 weeks). The week it remained at number one followed one of the closest chart races in"
"To date, it is their third biggest single after ""Somewhere Else"", which peaked at No. 2, and ""America"", which peaked at #1. It also reached No. 2 on iTunes. In 2007, Razorlight were nominated for two BRIT Awards – one for 'Best British Band' and the other for 'Best Song', ""America"". They were also nominated for two NME Brit Awards for 'Best Band' and 'Best Album'. Razorlight supported Queen + Paul Rodgers on 15 July, in front of 60,000 people. This gig had been rescheduled following the July 2005 London bombings. In December of the same year, they supported Oasis,"
"chart-topper ""Ruby"" on 25 February 2007. The song also appeared on the soundtrack for the video game """". The original single release, now a rarity due to its limited run of 500 copies, features artwork by frontman Ricky Wilson, and its B-sides were earlier versions of ""Born to Be a Dancer"" and ""Caroline, Yes"", both of which would also appear on ""Employment"". ""All of these tracks are different, earlier versions of the album editions. "" In 2006, ""Oh My God"" was covered by Lily Allen on her second mixtape. Allen later re-recorded the track with Mark Ronson for his second"
"image of them in the studio on their Instagram account, as well as an image of Lee Ryan playing the guitar captioned with ""#6"", seemingly indicating that the band is working on their sixth studio album. The sixth studio album has also been confirmed by band member Simon Webbe in October 2017. Blue (English band) Blue is an English boyband consisting of members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe. The band originally formed in 2000 and has released three studio albums, ""All Rise"" (2001), ""One Love"" (2002) and ""Guilty"" (2003) that all peaked at number one in"
"Blue (English band) Blue is an English boyband consisting of members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe. The band originally formed in 2000 and has released three studio albums, ""All Rise"" (2001), ""One Love"" (2002) and ""Guilty"" (2003) that all peaked at number one in the United Kingdom alongside releasing 16 singles, over a four-year period. The group also worked alongside artists such as Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Lil' Kim. In late 2004, the group announced a hiatus and released their first compilation album, ""Best of Blue"", on 15 November 2004. The band reunited once again"
"""Ruby Red"" may veer a little closer to generic hard rock than Slade really ought to, but that was the sound of the '80s, just as the glam stomp was what powered their years of omnipotence."" Ruby Red (song) ""Ruby Red"" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1982 as the third single from the band's tenth studio album ""Till Deaf Do Us Part"". It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Slade. The single reached No. 51 in the UK. Following their revival after their performance at the"
"and distancing themselves from the more unusual dissonant style that was present in their previous three albums. ""Puzzle"" peaked at number 2 on the official UK album charts on 16 June 2007. The album went Gold in the UK, selling over 100,000 units, and later in 2012 went Platinum in the UK, having sold over 300,000 copies. The band released ""Only Revolutions"" in 2009 which reached No. 3 in the UK chart and went gold within days of its release in 2009, going platinum later in 2010 (achieving double-platinum status in August 2011) and receiving a Mercury Music Prize nomination."
"May 2007 - which reached number 8 in the UK singles charts. The single received heavy radio play and was championed by BBC Radio 1 DJs such as Edith Bowman, Jo Whiley and Chris Moyles. Their debut album ""Love It When I Feel Like This"" was released on 4 June 2007. The record landed in the UK album charts at number 3. Through 2007 - 2008 the band toured extensively and performed sold out shows most notably to a capacity show at London's Brixton Academy and a headline slot on the John Peel stage at Glastonbury. Towards the end of"
"2007, ranking it at No. 3. Writer for ""Time"" magazine, Josh Tyrandiel, cited Rihanna's vocal performance and special talent for vocal innuendo as the reason he declared it ""The Sexiest Song of 2007."" Umbrella was set at No. 2 at the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart, behind Beyoncé's ""Irreplaceable"". In the United Kingdom, ""Umbrella"" broke a record on the UK Singles Chart by debuting at number one on the chart based on digital sales alone, becoming Rihanna's first chart-topper in the country. During the single's fourth week on the chart, both the single and album topped the UK Singles Chart"
"May 8, 2007. It contains extensive stop-motion footage featuring the band's members and clips from their 1970s and 1980s videos. Far Cry (Rush song) ""Far Cry"" is a song by the Canadian hard rock band Rush. It was released as the first single from their 2007 album ""Snakes & Arrows"". It was released to radio on March 12, 2007, then saw a digital release on iTunes four days later. The song peaked at number 22 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Guitarist Alex Lifeson said about the song: ""It was almost like we already knew the song when"
"Cherubs (UK band) Cherubs were a five-piece rock band from the United Kingdom and Norway. The band comprised Staale Krantz Bruland, Espen Dahl, Matthew Orchard, Jørgen Raa and Glenn Wange. The band formed in 2003, and disbanded in September 2007. The band came together in December 2003, and in a short period of time gigged and toured all over the UK and abroad with bands such as The Libertines, Bloc Party, The Cribs, The Rakes, Razorlight, Maxïmo Park, The Departure, Moving Units, The Others, Art Brut and many more. Debut single ""Hey Bunny"" was out October 2004, second single was"