Several of the tracks used in Danny Boyle's amazing opening ceremony on Friday night are racing up the ITunes download charts. The music went online shortly after the ceremony finished.

The Artic Monkeys took the stage with a cover of The Beatles 'Come together' which is currently at number 14.Other acts that performed on the night were Two Door Cinema Club frontman Alex Timble whose version of Caliban’s Dream by Underworld is currently at number 5 and Emile Sande's Abide by Me is currently at number 26.

The 'Isles of Wonder', compilation of all the music used on the night is number one in Britain, France, Belgium and Spain and s number 5 in the US. The compilation sold more than 10,000 copies immediately and after five hours was number five in the ITunes Album charts.