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 9th May 2024, 08:15 PM
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1 MR BRIGHTSIDE KILLERS 2004 10 2 WONDERWALL OASIS 1995 2 3 ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND 2014 2 4 TAKE ME TO CHURCH HOZIER 2013 2 5 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL 1987 2 6 CASTLE ON THE HILL ED SHEERAN 2017 2 7 RIPTIDE VANCE JOY 2013 10 8 POMPEII BASTILLE 2013 2 9 LET HER GO PASSENGER 2012 2 10 BUDAPEST GEORGE EZRA 2013 3 11 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL 2006 6 12 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY 1982 6 13 IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS 1998 3 14 UNFORGETTABLE FRENCH MONTANA FT SWAE LEE 2017 2 15 SHUT UP & DANCE WALK THE MOON 2014 4 16 DO I WANNA KNOW ARCTIC MONKEYS 2013 11 17 THE A TEAM ED SHEERAN 2011 3 18 CHEAP THRILLS SIA 2015 2 19 CAN'T STOP THE FEELING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 2016 2 20 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE EMINEM FEATURING RIHANNA 2010 2 21 DANCING ON MY OWN CALUM SCOTT 2016 2 22 THIS IS ME SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS 2017 3 23 CAN'T HOLD US MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON 2013 3 24 PHOTOGRAPH ED SHEERAN 2014 15 25 DON'T STOP ME NOW QUEEN 1979 9 26 ANOTHER LOVE TOM ODELL 2012 10 27 EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC 1988 4 28 SHAKE IT OFF TAYLOR SWIFT 2014 2 29 SWEET CHILD O' MINE GUNS N' ROSES 1988 6 30 GALWAY GIRL ED SHEERAN 2017 2 31 ROLLING IN THE DEEP ADELE 2011 2 32 SUNFLOWER POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE 2018 3 33 NAIVE KOOKS 2006 5 34 CHANDELIER SIA 2014 6 35 STARBOY WEEKND FT DAFT PUNK 2016 2 36 HEAT WAVES GLASS ANIMALS 2020 5 37 BAD GUY BILLIE EILISH 2019 2 38 HUMAN RAG'N'BONE MAN 2016 2 39 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS CHAINSMOKERS & COLDPLAY 2017 2 40 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT TOPLOADER 2000 7 41 YELLOW COLDPLAY 2000 4 42 I'M YOURS JASON MRAZ 2008 11 43 A THOUSAND YEARS CHRISTINA PERRI 2011 11 44 LIVIN' ON A PRAYER BON JOVI 1986 4 45 DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 24 46 BRUISES LEWIS CAPALDI 2017 6 47 AFRICA TOTO 1983 3 48 LOCATION DAVE FT BURNA BOY 2019 6 49 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT NIRVANA 1991 7 50 SUMMER OF '69 BRYAN ADAMS 1985 42 51 LET IT GO JAMES BAY 2014 10 52 YOU'VE GOT THE LOVE FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 2008 5 53 BABY SHARK PINKFONG 2017 6 54 LEAN ON MAJOR LAZER FT MO & DJ SNAKE 2015 2 55 RADIOACTIVE IMAGINE DRAGONS 2012 12 56 MOVES LIKE JAGGER MAROON 5 FEATURING CHRISTINA AGUILERA 2011 2 57 LET IT GO IDINA MENZEL 2013 11 58 THE CHAIN FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 81 59 DOG DAYS ARE OVER FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 2008 23 60 HOLD BACK THE RIVER JAMES BAY 2014 2 61 NO SCRUBS TLC 1999 3 62 BELIEVER IMAGINE DRAGONS 2017 42 63 THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR CALVIN HARRIS FT RIHANNA 2016 2 64 GO YOUR OWN WAY FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 38 65 FAST CAR TRACY CHAPMAN 1988 4 66 DON'T START NOW DUA LIPA 2019 2 67 THE HILLS WEEKND 2015 3 68 USE SOMEBODY KINGS OF LEON 2008 2 69 LUSH LIFE ZARA LARSSON 2015 3 70 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY WIZZARD 1973 4 71 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE ADELE 2008 4 72 WATERMELON SUGAR HARRY STYLES 2019 4 73 HALO BEYONCE 2009 4 74 MR BLUE SKY ELO 1978 6 75 HO HEY LUMINEERS 2012 8 76 SUMMERTIME SADNESS LANA DEL REY 2012 4 77 SAVE YOUR TEARS WEEKND 2020 2 78 TEENAGE DIRTBAG WHEATUS 2001 2 79 HOW TO SAVE A LIFE FRAY 2006 4 80 FIX YOU COLDPLAY 2005 4 81 HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT LEWIS CAPALDI 2019 4 82 TAKE ON ME A-HA 1985 2 83 PARADISE GEORGE EZRA 2018 2 84 ONE LAST TIME ARIANA GRANDE 2014 2 85 SEVEN NATION ARMY WHITE STRIPES 2003 7 86 GOLD DIGGER KANYE WEST FT JAMIE FOXX 2005 2 87 2002 ANNE-MARIE 2018 3 88 FEEL IT STILL PORTUGAL THE MAN 2017 3 89 BLUE MONDAY NEW ORDER 1983 3 90 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE BRENDA LEE 1962 4 91 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO 1972 2 92 LEVITATING DUA LIPA 2020 5 93 PUMPED UP KICKS FOSTER THE PEOPLE 2010 18 94 BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY VERVE 1997 2 95 FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT ARCTIC MONKEYS 2007 5 96 TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 1997 2 97 LEAVE A LIGHT ON TOM WALKER 2017 7 98 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE MICHAEL BUBLE 2011 9 99 SHE MOVES IN HER OWN WAY KOOKS 2005 7 100 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN ADELE 2011 https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...25d8XGX4Q5zj4zC This post has been edited by gavindeejay: 9th May 2024, 08:16 PM |
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9th May 2024, 08:55 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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This list gives us an insight into the biggest 'selling' songs to never reach the top 10, 40 or 75.
16 DO I WANNA KNOW ARCTIC MONKEYS 2013 11 50 SUMMER OF '69 BRYAN ADAMS 1985 42 58 THE CHAIN FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 81 I do wonder if there's any data on the biggest selling not to chart at all (i.e. in the top 100 since it became one). |
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9th May 2024, 08:56 PM
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Mr. Brightside - biggest song and biggest song by a group to not make #1
All Of Me - biggest song by a male soloist to not reach #1 Cheap Thrills - biggest song by a female soloist to not make #1 Fairytale Of New York - biggest seasonal song and biggest song with a featured artist to not make #1 Do I Wanna Know? - biggest song to not make the top 10 Dog Days Are Over - biggest song to not make the top 20, but peaked in the top 30 Go Your Own Way - biggest song to not make the top 30, but peaked in the top 40 Summer of '69 - biggest song to not make the top 40, but peaked in the top 50 The Chain - biggest song to not make the top 75, but peaked in the top 100 Biggest non-number one songs of each decade: 1970s: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 1980s: The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 1990s: Oasis - Wonderwall 2000s: The Killers - Mr. Brightside 2010s: John Legend - All Of Me 2020s: Glass Animals - Heat Waves This post has been edited by DanielSwift: 9th May 2024, 10:07 PM |
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9th May 2024, 09:27 PM
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You need a male soloist, not a group, so John Legend instead of Oasis |
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9th May 2024, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE(My... WAP?? @ 9th May 2024, 09:55 PM)  I do wonder if there's any data on the biggest selling not to chart at all (i.e. in the top 100 since it became one). Think Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams Come True was the first to go double platinum. |
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9th May 2024, 09:49 PM
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my mind is ready for fun
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J Cole - No Role Modelz is triple platinum
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9th May 2024, 10:16 PM
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 Break the tension
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It's a shame 'Torn' is now at the bottom of this list when honestly it feels like a much bigger song than so many above it.
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9th May 2024, 10:57 PM
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QUOTE(Jessie Where @ 9th May 2024, 11:16 PM) It's a shame 'Torn' is now at the bottom of this list when honestly it feels like a much bigger song than so many above it. If this was the same size hit in the streaming era the sales would be massive. |
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9th May 2024, 11:00 PM
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QUOTE(DanielSwift @ 9th May 2024, 09:56 PM) Biggest non-number one songs of each decade: 1970s: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 1980s: The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 1990s: Oasis - Wonderwall 2000s: The Killers - Mr. Brightside 2010s: John Legend - All Of Me 2020s: Glass Animals - Heat Waves My god that turgid saccharine nonsense by John Legend sure sticks out among five tracks that regardless of being overplay kings are at their heart stone cold classics. (well I suppose it's too early to refer to Heat Waves as a 'classic' but you get the point) This post has been edited by My... WAP??: 9th May 2024, 11:01 PM |
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9th May 2024, 11:02 PM
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QUOTE(JulianT @ 9th May 2024, 10:36 PM) Think Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams Come True was the first to go double platinum. Cheers Julian. Guess that's a pretty safe bet for the (combined sales/streams) highest ranking non-charter then. |
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9th May 2024, 11:12 PM
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Very happy to see She Moves in Her Own Way just making the list.
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9th May 2024, 11:36 PM
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Break the tension
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QUOTE(Crown_The_Witch. @ 9th May 2024, 11:57 PM) If this was the same size hit in the streaming era the sales would be massive. Definitely. It's a widely-known and beloved song that still streams and sells well though (it's gotta be doing at least 2k a week surely?). |
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10th May 2024, 07:03 AM
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QUOTE(DanielSwift @ 9th May 2024, 08:56 PM) Dog Days Are Over - biggest song to not make the top 20, but peaked in the top 30 Go Your Own Way - biggest song to not make the top 30, but peaked in the top 40 The Chain - biggest song to not make the top 75, but peaked in the top 100 Surely ‘Dreams’ is the biggest song to make the top 30 but not the top 20, not ‘Dog Days Are Over’ giving Fleetwood Mac 3 songs on this list. |
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