King (song) King (song) "King" is a song by British synthpop trio Years & Years from their debut studio album "Communion". It was originally released as a single on 3 February 2015. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 1 March 2015 through Polydor Records. The song entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart with a combined sales-streaming figure of 101,000 copies, making it Years & Years' first number-one single. Internationally, "King" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland and
UK Singles Chart records and statistics a table of all singles that have spent 10 or more weeks at the top of the charts: "Note: Songs denoted with an asterisk (*) spent non-consecutive weeks at number one". Since the inception of the UK Singles Chart in 1952 only five acts have replaced themselves at the top of the UK charts with exactly the same billing (as opposed to any named artist, for example 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows' and 'The Shadows' have had back to back number ones on four occasions): Westlife became the first music act, group, male group and pop band to have their