Official Chart Flashback 2009: Lily Allen scores second UK Number 1 with synth-pop dream The Fear
officialcharts.com"I wanna be rich and I want lots of money, I don't care about clever, I don't care about funny." So goes the opening to Lily Allen's synth-pop haze of The Fear, the sound of a dream slowly turning into a nightmare.
Her second UK Number 1 single, Lily hit the top spot this week 13 years ago in 2009. The Fear dislodged Lady Gaga's debut smash Just Dance from the top of the Official Singles Chart, which is handy since both songs make use of 80s-inspired production values that would, over the next few years, become the sound du jour of modern pop music.
Lily debuted straight in the Number 1 position, with first-week sales of 83,367. The Fear is her longest-running chart-topper in the UK, where it stayed in prime position for a full month.
To date, the song has notched up 835,000 chart sales in the UK, including 575k on digital download, 10.8k on vinyl and CD, and 28 million video and audio streams.
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