Welcome to our Stadium Music Chart, representing the Top 20 most popular songs playing across the UK’s Sport Stadiums in October 2024.
Top 5
Taking the top spot on the chart for last month is the massive reimagining of Gala’s 1996 stadium anthem ‘Freed From Desire’. Given its rise in popularity across the world of sport thanks Wigan Athletic fans in the past eight years, it’s no surprise the 2024 edit from superstar producer Diplo has also been a massive hit, with past and present stadium plays locked in by DJs at three of Great Britain’s national stadiums: Wembley Stadium, Hampden Park and the Principality Stadium.
Coming in at the #2 and #3 spots are Brit and Ivor Novello-nominated singer-songwriter Tom Grennan with his huge comeback single ‘Higher’ – moving up 12 spots from its placement in the September Chart – and Manchester indie heroes Courteeners with ‘The Beginning OF The End’, featuring DMA’S. Both tracks have received love from DJs up-and-down the UK and were played by Hampden’s Keith Easton in the pre-game build-up to the Premier Sports Cup Semi-final between Celtic and Motherwell last weekend (see below).
Aussie pop icon Kylie struts into the #4 with her latest catchy slice of electro pop ‘Lights Camera Action’. Along with stadium plays from Premier League sides Manchester City and Southampton, the track was shown love from sports TV, with multiple uses across the BBC’s coverage of the FA Cup First Round. Rounding out the Top 5 is David Guetta & Ava Max’s club-ready rework of Alphaville’s ‘Forever Young’, which has been picked up for plays in football, basketball and Ice Hockey.
Rounding out the Top 10
Sitting at #6 is ‘H Into Hurt’ by Sheffield singer-songwriter Paul Heaton, with the track from his new album The Mighty Several downloaded for plays by his hometown basketball side, the Sheffield Sharks, along with their aquatic Rugby Union counterparts Sale Sharks. Scottish hitmaking duo LF System are at #7 with their latest release ‘Meet Me In The Middle’, which received love north of the border from Ciar McKinley at Celtic.
Fresh off their collaboration with Barcelona, Coldplay take the #8 spot with ‘All My Love’ from their latest album Moon Music. They’re closely followed at #9 by fellow British music icons The Cure with ‘A Fragile Thing’. Taken from their first album in 16 years, the track received rave review from DJs at Southampton and Middlesbrough among others. Clinching the final spot in the top 10 are Primal Scream with ‘Ready To Go Home’, the opening statement of intent on their new album Come Ahead which is out today.
11 through 20
Just missing out on a spot in the top 10 is Mabel with her latest electrifying collaboration with US singer Ty Dolla $ign, ‘Stupid Dumb’, coming in five places higher than her entry in last month’s chart, ‘Chat’. Sitting just behind the BRIT award winner in #12 are Ezra Collective with ‘Streets is Calling’, one of the many infectious songs from new album ‘Dance. No One’s Watching, with the single and album going down a treat with Chris Philips at AFC Wimbledon’s Cherry Red Records Stadium.
After taking the #1 spot in September with ‘Javelin’ and their live performance at the NFL London Game last month, Rizzle Kicks are back again for October at #13 with the mature and evolved ‘Gumdrops’. A week before the release of new EP Don’t Go Making Plans, ‘Always and Forever’ by Hard-Fi comes in #14, with Nottingham songsmith Jake Bugg at #15 with ‘I Wrote The Book’ from his recently released album A Modern Day Distraction.
The Script come in at #16 with ‘Home Is Where The Hurt Is’, whilst North London hero Louis Dunford takes the #17 spot with ‘Billy Flynn of Bethnal Green’ thanks to some love from Dagenham & Redbridge and MK Dons. Duran Duran’s Halloween inspired cover of ELO’s ‘Evil Woman’ sits at #18.
Following some great TV spots on the BBC & ITV last month, Bradley Simpson’s latest earworm ‘Always Like This’ is at #19, while Northampton singer-songwriter Maddox Jones – featured in our latest Music meets Football article – takes the final place in the Top 20 with ‘One Minute’, the title track from his new album released last week.
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