The pop star’s 2001 chart smash has had a major resurgence thanks to its use in Emerald Fennell’s divisive thriller
• Warning: this story contains spoilers for the film Saltburn
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.