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Sophie Ellis Bextor’s 2001 single Murder on the Dancefloor has matched its original highest chart position, propelled back to No 2 thanks to its part in Emerald Fennell’s hit film Saltburn.Murder on the Dancefloor re-entered the UK Top 40 at No 8 last week after Saltburn premiered on Amazon Prime on 22 December. Many households watched Fennell’s film about destructive desire across the class divide during the festive season – and shrivelled on the sofa when they realised that the country-house flick, set in 2007, was more…

Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s 2001 single Murder on the Dancefloor has returned to the Top 10 for the first time in 22 years owing to its appearance in the climactic scene of the Emerald Fennell-directed film Saltburn.The song charted at No 8, with 2.2m streams; prior to the release of Saltburn on Amazon Prime, weekly streams of the song peaked at 293,000, according to Official Charts Company (OCC) data.Ellis-Bextor’s second solo single originally peaked at No 2 in December 2001, when it was beaten to the top spot by Daniel…

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is still making sense of how “Murder on the Dancefloor,” a poppy disco song she released in 2001, has become a viral hit thanks to its inclusion in the movie Saltburn. The track plays during the final scene of the movie in which its star, Barry Keoghan, dances nude — a visual that has inspired a trend on TikTok, helping propel the song onto Billboard’s charts. “It actually feels really magical, and if I’m honest, I don’t think I’ve completely processed it really,” she recently told the BBC.…

Sophie Ellis-Bextor said she watched Saltburn with her teenage son sat between her and his grandmother.The “Murder on the Dancefloor” singer spoke to Lorraine Kelly on Friday, 5 January, about the success her hit has seen following its feature in the final scene of Emerald Fennell’s film.“I did feel for my 19-year-old being sat in between his mum and his grandma,” Ellis-Bextor added, appearing to reference the film’s shocking scenes.“I think I was more worried about him than he was really.” Sophie Ellis-Bextor said she…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSophie Ellis-Bextor has admitted she “wasn’t quite prepared” to see Barry Keoghan dance nude to her 2001 hit in his newest film Saltburn.The Irish actor, 31, stars opposite Jacob Elordi, 26, in director Emerald Fennell’s comedy-thriller about a student (Keoghan) who is invited to spend the summer at his aristocratic classmate’s (Elordi) sprawling estate.In the final sequence of the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSophie Ellis-Bextor has admitted she “wasn’t quite prepared” to see Barry Keoghan dance nude to her 2001 hit in his newest film Saltburn.The Irish actor, 31, stars opposite Jacob Elordi, 26, in director Emerald Fennell’s comedy-thriller about a student (Keoghan) who is invited to spend the summer at his aristocratic classmate’s (Elordi) sprawling estate.In the final sequence of the…

Every Friday night during the first Covid-19 lockdown, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco helped bring the nation back together with streamed home live performances, sequinned dresses and a disco ball. Now, the Christmas Kitchen Disco takes that spirit on the road with festive bells on. The singer, bassist husband Richard Jones and the band all wear Santa hats; there are Christmas trees on stage and the show kicks off with a sparkly version of Leroy Anderson and His Pops’ seasonal 1948 classic Sleigh Ride.Postmodern…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOn the Park, Belgian duo Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pulpul are getting their outsider electropop thing on. One song just seems to be Adigéry maniacally cackling over a thudding beat … and I must say, I’m into it.Dark clouds over Worthy Farm: are we finally going to experience the first rain of the weekend? Whisper it, but a few of us wouldn’t mind a bit of the clear stuff to break up this stiflingly humid weather a bit.Over on the West Holts,…

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is following up her recent releases ‘Breaking the Circle’ and ‘Everything is Sweet’ with new single ‘Lost in the Sunshine’.The three songs are taken from the singer’s upcoming seventh studio album ‘HANA’, which will be released on 2nd June 2023 via Cooking Vinyl. ‘Lost in the Sunshine’ is an uplifting and soulful pop track that builds to a kaleidoscopic and joyful chorus.Sophie says; “Lost is the sunshine is about a lazy, hazy, hot, romantic, perfectly sunny day with the one you love.”‘Breaking the…

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has announced her ‘Christmas Kitchen Disco’ tour for 2023. The 2023 tour kicks off in Bexhill, before heading all around the country including a date at the London Eventim Apollo. It will feature hits from throughout Sophie’s career, as well as some very festive classics, all in Sophie’s own seasonal disco style. Earlier this year, Sophie brought her ‘Kitchen Disco’ Instagram phenomenon to the stage for the first time to huge success, including a sold-out finale at the London Palladium.  The…