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Posted by: DANKENSTEIN Oct 3 2017, 02:09 PM

How many songs can you recall that haven't charted at all yet have still been certified hits?

These are all the ones that got certified in 2017, feel free to add others to the list that were certified in earlier years.

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Redemption Song 1980 S
Bryson Tiller - Exchange 2016 S
Catfish and the Bottlemen - Cocoon 2014 S
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son 1969 S
Daughter - Youth 2013 S
Drake - Best I Ever Had 2009 S
Fort Miner - Remember The Name 2005 S
Future feat. The Weeknd - Low Life 2016 S
Gavin Greenway - Now We Are Free 2004 S
Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself 2015 S
J. Cole - No Role Modelz 2014 S
J. Cole - Wet Dreamz 2014 S
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line 1956 S
Kendrick Lamar - Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe 2012 S
Kendrick Lamar & MC Eiht - Maad City 2012 S
Matoma feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Ja Rule - Old Thing Back 2015 S
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne - Truffle Butter 2014 S
Oasis - Champagne Supernova 1995 G
Post Malone - White Iverson 2015 S
Redbone - Come and Get Your Love 1974 S
Serani - No Games 2009 S
The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home 2007 S
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind 1988 S
Young Thug feat. Travis Scott & Quavo - Pick Up The Phone 2016 S

Posted by: UltraReputation Oct 3 2017, 02:38 PM

Love Myself easily the best song there <3

Posted by: 28 Brays Later Oct 3 2017, 02:44 PM

I didn't know that Fort Minor song was never a hit!

Posted by: Gambo Oct 3 2017, 02:45 PM

Depends on how one defines "non-charted" - I believe some of these have managed lower (perhaps sub-Top 100) entries, possibly not at the time of contemporary release but subsequently (in the case of those titles never released as a single per se, they might have scraped some later chart action as an album track etc in the post-physical era). 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe' by Kendrick Lamar for example - an actual digital single - made No 119 on 20 July 2013, though I appreciate many wouldn't consider this high enough to be a canonical chart 'hit', and that you won't necessarily be aware of such placings if you're not a 'UKChartsPlus' subscriber! Moreover, since 15 July this year the OCC have curtailed the full Top 200 to a 'compressed' 100 only, even to UKCP, ceasing the possibility for lesser-selling tracks to register a known peak below No 100.

Posted by: Josh! Oct 3 2017, 02:53 PM

I didn't know that Truffle Butter was certified Silver before compiling the UK Chart Runs thread in the Nicki AF last month. Not bad considering it was before streaming was really massive.

Exchange, Cocoon and the J. Cole tracks in the OP are all fab too, didn't know any of those were certified

Posted by: Cremey Oct 3 2017, 02:54 PM

Pick Up the Phone!

Posted by: 777666jason Oct 3 2017, 03:07 PM

So a lot of silver but there is one gold no platinum though

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN Oct 3 2017, 03:31 PM

I've never heard of Fort Minor ever actually, turns out he is Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park though.

Posted by: George.keh Oct 3 2017, 03:31 PM

All four Walls

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN Oct 3 2017, 03:32 PM

That did chart, albeit at only #85.

I'm using Top 100 for definition of 'charted'.

Posted by: 28 Brays Later Oct 3 2017, 04:09 PM

I've heard Radio 1 playing 'Remember The Name' quite a few times, always thought it was like a top 10 or so. I see it also only got to #66 in the USA somehow Clearly it's still fondly remembered by some Spotify users anyway if it's made it to 200k 'sales'.

Posted by: jessie j Oct 3 2017, 05:06 PM

do you recognise the song, though? surprisingly I knew it off by heart when I listened to it... strange!

also, anyone else feel like All Four Walls felt like a pretty big hit, despite it not doing much chartwise?

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN Oct 3 2017, 05:35 PM

No never heard the song.

Posted by: fiesta Oct 4 2017, 09:32 AM

Mrs robinson was a top ten hit!

Posted by: jafetsigfinns Oct 4 2017, 09:45 AM

Never heard of Fort Minor's "Remember the Name" but I do remember "Where'd You Go" which featured Skylar Grey under an alias as well which was quite a song

All For Walls is an amazing song. Deserved so much more than an #85 peak.

Posted by: popchartfreak Oct 4 2017, 10:02 AM

Traditionally, a song was a "hit" if it qualified for the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles, that's the officially listed published charts and there are plenty of tracks that are hugely famous and have never charted:

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen (ignoring the live version) - peaked at 76 (I think) when the chart was invaded by one act in recent years, and was likely a 51-75 charter during 1975 when the published chart was a top 50?

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN Oct 4 2017, 10:34 AM

Edited that out now. Confusingly the OCC site didn't show it up when I looked for 'Mrs. Robinson' but it must have been missing the dot after 'Mrs'.

Posted by: ML Hammer95 Oct 4 2017, 10:59 AM

So many great songs on this list though isn't there?! Exchange, Best I Ever Had, Remember The Name, Low Life, No Role Modelz, Wet Dreamz, Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe, Truffle Butter, White Iverson, No Games and Pick Up The Phone.

No Games, I mentioned a few weeks ago, gets played every single time I go out... it's baffling that wasn't a chart hit! Exchange is one of those songs that gives me deep feels too.

Posted by: Robbie Oct 4 2017, 04:45 PM

Yup, 'Born To Run' made the Breakers Chart back in 1975, which was the next 10 records below 50 which hadn't made the top 50. The run on that chart was: (entry date 25 October 1975) 8-6-x-8-10

It would be good if the OCC could also publish the old Breakers Charts from 1965 to 1978 and then from 1981 to 1982 on its website. They probably don't have them though... though they only need to ask and I'll gladly provide them!

Posted by: UltraReputation Oct 6 2017, 04:33 PM

Love on the brain also joins this list now I think? <3

So love myslef isn't the only non top 100 certified hit that I stan anymore

Posted by: dan.G Feb 25 2020, 08:50 AM

a lot of these recently - just going by the 2020 thread there is...

Fredo - They Ain't 100 - Silver - Released: 2017
MoStack - Liar Liar - Silver - Released: 2016
Redbone - Come and Get Your Love - Gold - Released: 2005 (1974)
Yiruma - Rivers Flow in You - Silver - Released: 2011 (2001)
Ben Howard - Old Pine - Gold - Released: 2011
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - Silver - Released: 1967
Schoolboy Q feat. Kendrick Lamar - Collard Greens - Silver - Released: 2014
Weiss - Feel My Needs - Silver - Released: 2018
Alan Walker - Alone - Silver - Released: 2016
King Princess - 1950 - Silver - Released: 2018
Post Malone - 92 Explorer - Silver - Released: 2018
Rihanna - Desperado - Silver - Released: 2016
Jason Weaver - I Just Can't Wait to Be King - Silver - Released: 1994
Lewis Capaldi - Hollywood - Silver - Released: 2019
WSTRN - Ben' Ova - Silver - Released: 2017
SYML - Where's My Love - Silver - Released: 2016
Billie Eilish - my strange addiction - Silver - Released: 2019
John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads - Platinum - Released:
Lewis Capaldi - Maybe - Silver - Released: 2019
Lewis Capaldi feat. Jessie Reyez - Rush - Silver - Released: 2018
Lil Mosey - Noticed - Silver - Released: 2018
Lukas Graham - Love Someone - Silver - Released: 2018
Rihanna - Sex With Me - Silver - Released: 2016
Stone Sour - Through Glass - Silver - Released: 2006

Posted by: aidan755 Feb 25 2020, 01:17 PM

White Iverson is platinum, it reached it in 2019. Very surprised that it didn't chart, it's definitely known.

Posted by: JCM20 Feb 25 2020, 04:22 PM

Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams
J.Lo - Let's Get Loud
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds Feb 25 2020, 05:40 PM

Love Someone That must have been SO close to the Top 100 officially, even cracked the Spotify Top 100.

Posted by: Bré Feb 25 2020, 05:45 PM

I'm pretty sure it would have charted if not for the 3 track rule, most of his older singles got belated success on streaming when 'rockstar' blew up.