Rita Ora's Top 20 Biggest Songs In The UK: Anywhere #1 1.5M

[Hector]

To celebrate the release of You Only Love Me, dropping tomorrow (January 27), we've crunched the numbers and counted the slays to reveal Rita's Official Top 20 biggest songs in the UK for the first time. 

The list in full is an eclectic collection, and a reminder of just how versatile her bop-making skills can be, from her raucous Charli XCX duet Doing It (18), her much-misunderstood banger Girls (14) and the sugar-sweet, pure pop confection of the Katy Perry-esque How We Do (Party) (11), Rita's first big, undeniable "look out everyone, here comes a superstar!" moment. 

 

Before we reveal the Top 20 in full, here's a closer look at the Top 5. WARNING: contains bops and bangers. 

5. I Will Never Let You Down
Released: 2014
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1
Total UK chart units: 1 million

Pretty much a perfect pop song without flaw, Rita's fourth UK Number 1 single should have been a perfect storm of timing, talent and luck - matching her with Calvin Harris for a buoyant house anthem that sores with each respective chorus. 

While Rita's second album under Roc Nation never materialised for a variety of reasons (honestly, let's not get into it here), I Will Never Let You Down remains crystallised in amber, a song that sounds as good and current in 2023 as it did in 2014.c

4. Let You Love Me
Released: 2018
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 4
Total UK chart units: 1.2 million

Let You Love Me, the fourth single from Phoenix, was the single that brought Rita Ora into the Official Charts record books, helping her become the British female artist with the most Top 10 singles in UK chart history. 

And it's easy to see why. A demure synth-pop anthem with production from Fred again.. Let You Love Me is actually Rita's most-streamed track in the UK; notching up a mighty 153 million streams in total. It's music video (which sees her tear through various locales around the world) is also her most-streamed, with over 42 million video streams in the UK alone.

 

3. Lonely Together (with Avicii)
Released: 2017
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 4
Total UK chart units: 1.2 million

You can't overstate how successful Rita's 2017 comeback was - something proved by the fact her Top 3 biggest singles in the UK all come from this period. Dark dance anthem Lonely Together, the last song released by Avicii in his lifetime, is a poignant reminder.

It's Rita's third-biggest track here, reaching Number 4, it has over 1.2 million chart units to its name, as well as over 117 million total streams.

2. Your Song
Released: 2017
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 7
Total UK chart units: 1.4 million

And that's how you end a good few years alone in the pop wilderness. Rita teamed up with her friend Ed Sheeran for this Steve Mac-produced which perfectly fit into the trop-pop explosion that was occurring at the time. 

As perfectly constructed as a little pop pocketwatch, each part of Your Song melds in with the other, a confident and astute comeback for Rita. It's her second-biggest track ever released in the UK, maxing out with 1.4 million chart units in total, including a combined 138 million streams.

1. Anywhere
Released: 2017
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 2
Total UK chart units: 1.5 million

Come for the drop, stay for the drop, listen to the drop on repeat, ad infinitum.

Anywhere may not be the most showy song of Rita's career, but something seemed to click with the general public when it was released. This was the Rita Ora single where everyone realised, suddenly, that they finally got Rita Ora. And it was about time! 

Despite never reaching Number 1, being kept off the top spot by Camila Cabello's Havana, Anywhere reigns supreme as Rita's biggest UK single, collecting over 1.5 million total chart units. 

Rita Ora's Official Top 20 biggest songs revealed

POS	TITLE	ARTIST	YEAR	PEAK
1	ANYWHERE	RITA ORA	2017	2
2	YOUR SONG	RITA ORA	2017	7
3	LONELY TOGETHER	AVICII FT RITA ORA	2017	4
4	LET YOU LOVE ME	RITA ORA	2018	4
5	I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN	RITA ORA	2014	1
6	HOT RIGHT NOW	DJ FRESH FT RITA ORA	2012	1
7	BLACK WIDOW	IGGY AZALEA FT RITA ORA	2014	4
8	FOR YOU (FIFTY SHADES FREED)	LIAM PAYNE/RITA ORA	2018	8
9	R.I.P.	RITA ORA FT TINIE TEMPAH	2012	1
10	RITUAL	TIESTO/JONAS BLUE/RITA ORA	2019	24
11	HOW WE DO (PARTY)	RITA ORA	2012	1
12	POISON	RITA ORA	2015	3
13	COMING HOME	SIGMA FT RITA ORA	2015	15
14	BODY ON ME	RITA ORA FT CHRIS BROWN	2015	22
15	GIRLS	RITA ORA/CARDI B/REXHA/CHARLI	2018	22
16	CARRY ON	KYGO & RITA ORA	2019	26
17	YOU FOR ME	SIGALA & RITA ORA	2012	23
18	DOING IT	CHARLI XCX FT RITA ORA	2015	8
19	ONLY WANT YOU	RITA ORA	2018	60
20	SHINE YA LIGHT	RITA ORA	2012	10

 

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/rita-oras-official-top-20-biggest-songs-in-the-uk-revealed__22892/

[TalkThatRihanna]

Classic after classic

[RideOrDie]

anywhere her best song and deserved

unfortunately not an ounce of growth shown with her new single i wish her luck

[LustSpell]

Definitely her best song, sad it didn't go #1 and was blocked by some fad's song  

[Delirious]

this is cute. cant wait for ellies one when she drops her new album

[UnusualBoy]

She has bops for days.

[Twilish]

Poison deserved top 10

[YoungDreamer]

Mogul tingz

[prézli]

14 minutes ago, Twilish said:

Poison deserved top 10

Not that outdated mess.

[ithinkheknowsoutsold]

Bop after bop, I just wish Poison was bigger 

[Twilish]

21 minutes ago, prézli said:

Not that outdated mess.

Zero taste 

 

19 minutes ago, ithinkheknowsoutsold said:

Bop after bop, I just wish Poison was bigger 

TASTE

[Ms. Togekiss]

well Anywhere is a PERFECT song so im glad to see it at #1

[whtvrdude]

1 hour ago, LustSpell said:

Definitely her best song, sad it didn't go #1 and was blocked by some fad's song  

Who blocked it??

[BGood2Me]

1 hour ago, whtvrdude said:

Who blocked it??

Havana

[reymiu]

1 hour ago, whtvrdude said:

Who blocked it??

Camila's Havana IIRC

[Bloodflowers.]

Classics

 

Hope this new song is another electropop excellence