‘Pulp Fiction’ Returns To No. 1 Decades After Its Release

The world is waiting for Quentin Tarantino to make his tenth — and according to him, final — movie. There’s no timeline yet for such a project, and the celebrated director and screenwriter has other efforts in the works. As fans of the cinephile await what’s coming next from the two-time Oscar winner, one of his greatest successes in the music world becomes a smash hit once again.

The Pulp Fiction Soundtrack Hits No. 1 Again

The Pulp Fiction soundtrack is a bestseller once more in the United Kingdom this week. The decades-old release rockets from No. 21 to No. 1 on the Official Soundtrack Albums chart.

Pulp Fiction has now spent 1,166 weeks on the Official Soundtrack Albums chart, making it one of the most successful releases connected to a film of all time in the country. Somehow, throughout all that time, only two of those frames have been at No. 1.

The project originally reached the summit in December 2021, after dozens of stays inside the top 10. Now, it returns to the peak position for just the second time ever.

Pulp Fiction Returns as it Rises

The same soundtrack also rebounds onto one other tally in the U.K. Pulp Fiction returns at No. 57 on the Official Compilations chart. Unlike on the soundtrack-only ranking, however, Pulp Fiction has not reached No. 1 on the compilations list. Instead, it has thus far peaked at No. 5 and has spent 126 weeks on the tally.

The Legacy of the Pulp Fiction Soundtrack

Tarantino is not credited as an artist on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, but he was the album’s producer, as he likes to have a hand in every aspect of his movies. The project was hugely successful and influential, as it helped reinvigorate interest in old-school American rock, surf music, and other genres. Throughout the years, the soundtrack has been certified triple platinum in the U.K. for moving almost one million units.

Kill Bill: Volume 1 Joins Pulp Fiction

At the same time that Pulp Fiction becomes a chart-topper again, another Tarantino project can be found on the same ranking. Kill Bill: Volume 1, another hugely popular musical release tied to a hit movie of his, returns to the Official Soundtrack Albums list at No. 33.