{"id":387158,"date":"2025-08-31T13:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/387158\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T13:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:03:14","slug":"katie-price-breaks-silence-as-she-reacts-to-topping-uk-chart-with-2017-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/387158\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Price breaks silence as she reacts to topping UK chart with 2017 hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Price unexpectedly topped the iTunes singles chart with an unexpected song released eight years ago, and the former glamour model has now shared her verdict on the news<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756645394_522_0_Katie-Price-Speaks-At-The-Cambridge-Union.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Price\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Katie released I Got U in 2017, but it has only just seen chart success (file)(Image: Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Katie Price has broken her silence after she topped the charts. The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/katie-price-new-legal-battle-35744519\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"former glamour modelLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">former glamour model<\/a> said she was &#8220;shocked&#8221; to see her 2017 song, I Got U, soar to the top of the iTunes singles chart on Saturday (August 30) and, taking to her Instagram story, shared her verdict on the news. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/showbiz\/katie-prices-mucky-mansion-finally-35768374\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"It comes just weeks after the star celebrated another win, having finally sold her Mucky MansionLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">It comes just weeks after the star celebrated another win, having finally sold her Mucky Mansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">While the single didn&#8217;t make much of an impact upon its release eight years ago, it has had an unexpected resurgence that even <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/katie-price\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"KatieLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie<\/a> &#8220;didn&#8217;t see coming at all.&#8221; &#8220;Wow! I never, ever, ever, ever, ever, in a million years, did [sic] I think I&#8217;d be experiencing the fact that my song is number one,&#8221; she told her 2.7million followers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I mean, dreams can come true. Ever since I was a kid, I&#8217;ve always wanted to be like a pop star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;And everyone was like, no Kate, you can&#8217;t sing, you&#8217;re rubbish, you&#8217;re this, you&#8217;re that. Well, it just goes to prove, if you keep&#8230; keep going, manifesting things, it can happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;My childhood dream, today, has come true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She went on to thank &#8220;everyone out there who has made this happen&#8221; and admitted she hadn&#8217;t expected to reach number one. &#8220;I&#8217;m shocked, I didn&#8217;t see this coming at all,&#8221; she confessed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m number one at the moment, let&#8217;s see what happens tomorrow!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking about the achievement, a representative for the former glamour model told The Sun: &#8220;This is a massive surprise for Kate, she&#8217;s always loved singing and this is a dream come true!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;She is having so much support from the public and can&#8217;t thank them enough for her latest entrance into the charts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">I Got U isn&#8217;t Katie&#8217;s only musical venture. In 2006, she released a cover of A Whole New World, originally from the Aladdin film, with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/showbiz\/disgusted-peter-andre-calls-lawyers-35755187\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"then-husband Peter AndreLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">then-husband Peter Andre<\/a>. The song spent five weeks in the charts, peaking at number 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The pair&#8217;s ongoing feud has made headlines once again in recent weeks after Katie claimed she had been &#8220;banned&#8221; from appearing in a new ITV reality show starring the ex-couple&#8217;s daughter, Princess. Andre and his wife, Emily MacDonagh, feature in the series, titled The Princess Diaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But in a statement, Andre accused Katie of making &#8220;baseless accusations&#8221; against him, adding that the children the couple share have been in his care since 2018 &#8220;for their safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Taking to X, people were quick to comment on the media personality&#8217;s achievement. One fan wrote: &#8220;<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/katie-price\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie Price<\/a> is officially NUMBER 1 on UK iTunes. The British Whitney is coming to slay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another wrote: &#8220;I Got U by Katie Price getting the Running Up That Hill \/ Murder on the Dancefloor treatment on iTunes.&#8221; Both Kate Bush and Sophie Ellis-Bextor saw their hits fly up the charts years after their initial release when they featured in Stranger Things and Saltburn respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lyrics to Katie&#8217;s recent hit include: &#8220;Touch me like no one else\/You&#8217;ve got me under your spell\/Take me a million miles from where we are\/Hold me until the moon don&#8217;t see the stars,&#8221; and: &#8220;I know, I know, I know\/I got you, oh, I got you.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katie Price unexpectedly topped the iTunes singles chart with an unexpected song released eight years ago, and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,694,269,27808,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-387158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-katie-price","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-peter-andre","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115123519812714264","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}