Fontaines D.C. on course for highest charting UK single to date with 'Marianne'

As they gear up a busy weekend – which will see them play both Electric Picnic and Reading & Leeds – Fontaines D.C. are also on course for a big week on the UK charts. Following its release last week, 'Marianne' looks set to become their highest charting single to date in the UK, according to midweek insights.

The Dublin band's new single, which is currently at No.15 on the 'first look' chart, is expected to join 'It's Amazing To Be Young' as their second track to break into the Top 40. The UK's Official Singles Chart will be fully announced on Friday afternoon.

'Marianne' has also soared straight to No.2 on the UK's Official Trending Chart – which is based on the first four sales days of each chart week, and ranks those songs showing week-on-week growth on the Official Top 100 Singles Chart.

Fontaines D.C. released 'Marianne' last week, as they announced their fifth album Dopamine Chamber (set to be released October 16, via XL Recordings).

“I think Romance was maybe 60 per cent human and 40 per cent corrupted by automation, and a loss of feeling,” frontman Grian Chatten says of the upcoming album. “This one feels more like 60 per cent corrupted – the mask is wearing the face a little more.

"I felt it would be more powerful to leave the hope out and reflect the ugliness honestly. This one needed to feel more like a catastrophic warning.”

Watch the video for 'Marianne' below:

Fontaines D.C. play Electric Picnic's Main Stage at 10.30pm on Sunday, August 30.