Sam Smith - 'Writing's On the Wall'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Writing's On the Wall": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 25 Sep 2015
  • Chart debut: #39 (09 Sep 2015)
  • Highest Position: #1 (25 Sep 2015)
  • Most recent chart position: #74 (21 Apr 2022)
  • Days on UK Songs Chart: 149

'Writing's On the Wall' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain, Australia and Brazil.

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Writing's On the Wall: Chart Progress Graph

Chart performance: 09 Sep 2015 to 01 Feb 2016.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "Writing's On the Wall" (Sam Smith)

UK Songs chart performance history for Writing's On the Wall

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2015 Sep 9 Wed 39 new Sigala
Easy Love
10 Thu 64 down
21 Mon 78 re-entry Justin Bieber
What Do You Mean?
22 Tue 53 up One Direction
Infinity
23 Wed 67 down
24 Thu 58 up R. City
Locked Away
25 Fri 1 up Sam Smith
Writing's On the Wall
26 Sat 1 no-move
27 Sun 1 no-move
28 Mon 1 no-move
29 Tue 1 no-move
30 Wed 2 down R. City
Locked Away
2015 Oct 1 Thu 2 no-move
2 Fri 2 no-move
3 Sat 1 up Sam Smith
Writing's On the Wall
4 Sun 2 down Philip George & Anton Powers
Alone No More
5 Mon 2 no-move
6 Tue 3 down
7 Wed 4 down
8 Thu 5 down Jamie Lawson
Wasn't Expecting That
9 Fri 8 down The 1975
Love Me
10 Sat 4 up Jamie Lawson
Wasn't Expecting That
11 Sun 2 up
12 Mon 2 no-move
13 Tue 4 down
14 Wed 6 down
15 Thu 6 no-move
16 Fri 11 down One Direction
Perfect
17 Sat 10 up KDA
Turn the Music Louder
18 Sun 8 up
19 Mon 8 no-move
20 Tue 9 down
21 Wed 8 up
22 Thu 8 no-move
23 Fri 7 up ADELE
Hello
24 Sat 4 up
25 Sun 4 no-move
26 Mon 4 no-move
27 Tue 3 up
28 Wed 3 no-move
29 Thu 3 no-move
30 Fri 4 down
31 Sat 3 up
2015 Nov 1 Sun 3 no-move
2 Mon 3 no-move
3 Tue 3 no-move
4 Wed 3 no-move
5 Thu 3 no-move
6 Fri 8 down
7 Sat 7 up
8 Sun 6 up
9 Mon 6 no-move
10 Tue 7 down
11 Wed 7 no-move
12 Thu 7 no-move
13 Fri 10 down
14 Sat 8 up
15 Sun 7 up
16 Mon 8 down
17 Tue 10 down Justin Bieber
Sorry
18 Wed 11 down
19 Thu 11 no-move
20 Fri 14 down
21 Sat 13 up
22 Sun 15 down
23 Mon 18 down
24 Tue 17 up
25 Wed 19 down
26 Thu 20 down
27 Fri 27 down
28 Sat 23 up
29 Sun 26 down Justin Bieber
Love Yourself
30 Mon 26 no-move
2015 Dec 1 Tue 26 no-move
2 Wed 27 down
3 Thu 28 down
4 Fri 33 down
5 Sat 32 up
6 Sun 35 down
7 Mon 40 down
8 Tue 41 down
9 Wed 43 down
10 Thu 49 down
11 Fri 49 no-move
12 Sat 43 up
13 Sun 44 down
14 Mon 52 down Louisa Johnson
Forever Young
15 Tue 52 no-move
16 Wed 52 no-move Justin Bieber
Love Yourself
17 Thu 57 down
18 Fri 53 up The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir
A Bridge Over You
19 Sat 33 up Justin Bieber
Love Yourself
20 Sun 27 up
21 Mon 32 down
22 Tue 37 down The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir
A Bridge Over You
23 Wed 46 down
24 Thu 46 no-move
25 Fri 34 up Justin Bieber
Love Yourself
26 Sat 32 up
27 Sun 34 down
28 Mon 32 up
29 Tue 34 down
30 Wed 38 down
31 Thu 43 down
2016 Jan 1 Fri 40 up
2 Sat 38 up
3 Sun 37 up
4 Mon 45 down
5 Tue 52 down
6 Wed 57 down
7 Thu 69 down
8 Fri 71 down
9 Sat 67 up
10 Sun 66 up
14 Thu 92 re-entry Shawn Mendes
Stitches
15 Fri 91 up
16 Sat 96 down
17 Sun 74 up
18 Mon 89 down
21 Thu 94 re-entry
23 Sat 76 re-entry
24 Sun 82 down
25 Mon 86 down Jonas Blue
Fast Car
26 Tue 94 down
31 Sun 96 re-entry ZAYN
PILLOWTALK
2016 Feb 28 Sun 75 re-entry Lukas Graham
7 Years
29 Mon 33 up
2016 Mar 1 Tue 30 up
2 Wed 35 down
3 Thu 40 down
4 Fri 52 down
5 Sat 62 down
6 Sun 54 up
7 Mon 64 down
8 Tue 71 down
9 Wed 92 down
2016 Sep 11 Sun 58 re-entry The Chainsmokers
Closer
12 Mon 65 down
13 Tue 89 down
2021 May 9 Sun 83 re-entry Rag'n'Bone Man & P!nk
Anywhere Away from Here
2021 Oct 2 Sat 77 no-move Ed Sheeran
Shivers
4 Mon 87 no-move
5 Tue 94 down
7 Thu 84 re-entry Elton John & Dua Lipa
Cold Heart
18 Mon 94 re-entry ADELE
Easy On Me
2022 Apr 18 Mon 16 no-move Harry Styles
As It Was
19 Tue 23 no-move
20 Wed 43 no-move
21 Thu 74 down

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