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Posted by: jimwatts 10th May 2019, 09:30 PM

Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 100

1| 390 Killers - Mr Brightside (2004)
2| 217 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2018)
3| 191 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017)
4| 166 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (2006)
5| 147 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019)
6| 140 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020)
7| 134 George Ezra - Shotgun (2018)
8| 133 Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969) *
9=| 131 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) + 🎄
9=| 131 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987) + 🎄
11| 127 Vance Joy - Riptide (2013)
12| 124 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (2008)
13| 123 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973) * + 🎄
14| 121 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984) + 🎄
15=| 119 Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014)
15=| 119 Tom Odell - Another Love (2012)
17=| 116 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow (2018)
17=| 116 Tones & I - Dance Monkey (2019)
19=| 114 Coldplay - Viva La Vida (2008)
19=| 114 Sia - Chandelier (2014)
21=| 113 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021)
21=| 113 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (1998)
23=| 112 Bastille - Pompeii (2013)
23=| 112 Oasis - Whatever (1994)
25| 109 Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (2009)
26=| 107 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (2012)
26=| 107 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (2021)
28| 105 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) + 🎄
29| 103 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody (2008)
30| 102 Take That - Rule The World (2007)
31| 101 Hozier - Take Me To Church (2014)

Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 75

1| 150 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019)
2| 137 Killers - Mr Brightside (2004)
3| 130 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017)
4| 124 Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969) *
5| 118 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987) + 🎄
6| 117 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020)
7| 115 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) + 🎄
8| 113 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984) + 🎄
9| 111 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (2006)
10| 108 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973) * + 🎄
11| 106 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019)

Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 50

1| 123 Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969)
2| 100 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) + 🎄
3| 98 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987) + 🎄
4| 93 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984) + 🎄
5| 89 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019)
6| 88 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019)
7| 84 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2021)
8| 79 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017)
9| 75 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973) + 🎄
10=| 70 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973) * + 🎄
10=| 70 Tones & I - Dance Monkey (2019)

Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 40

1| 94 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) + 🎄
2| 91 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987) + 🎄
3| 83 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984) + 🎄
4| 75 Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969)
5| 73 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2021)
6| 70 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019)
7| 69 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019)
8| 61 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973) + 🎄
9| 59 Harry Styles - As It Was (2022)
10=| 58 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) + 🎄
10=| 58 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973) + 🎄
12| 56 Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014)
13=| 54 Bill Haley and his Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955) **
13=| 54 John Legend - All Of Me (2014)
15=| 52 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021)
15=| 52 Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore (1961)
15=| 52 Tones & I - Dance Monkey (2019)
18| 51 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1985) + 🎄
19| 50 Pharrell Williams - Happy (2013)

Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 20

1| 75 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987) + 🎄
2| 68 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) + 🎄
3| 53 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984) + 🎄
4| 44 Harry Styles - As It Was (2022)
5| 42 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019)
6| 40 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) + 🎄
7=| 37 Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore (1961)
7=| 37 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019)
9=| 36 Bill Haley and his Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955)
9=| 36 Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014)
9=| 36 Frankie Laine - I Believe (1953) ***

Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 10

1| 44 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) + 🎄
2| 41 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984) + 🎄
3| 37 Harry Styles - As It Was (2022)
4| 35 Frankie Laine - I Believe (1953)
5| 33 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987) + 🎄
6| 31 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019)
7=| 27 Doris Day - Secret Love (1954)
7=| 27 Rema - Calm Down (2022)
9| 25 Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now (2019)
10| 24 Obernkirchen Children’s Choir - The Happy Wanderer (1954)

Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 5

1| 33 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) + 🎄
2| 31 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984) + 🎄
3| 30 Frankie Laine - I Believe (1953)
4| 21 Frank Chacksfield - Terry's Theme (Theme From "Limelight") (1953)
5=| 20 Beatles - She Loves You (1963)
5=| 20 Harry Styles - As It Was (2022)
7=| 19 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1991)
7=| 19 Doris Day - Secret Love (1954)
7=| 19 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (2017)
7=| 19 Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (1994)

Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 3

1| 28 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984) + 🎄
2| 26 Frankie Laine - I Believe (1953)
3| 20 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) + 🎄
4=| 18 Beatles - She Loves You (1963)
4=| 18 Harry Styles - As It Was (2022)
6=| 17 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1991)
6=| 17 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (2017)
6=| 17 Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (1994)
9=| 16 Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle (2023)
9=| 16 Doris Day - Secret Love (1954)
9=| 16 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019)
9=| 16 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)

Most weeks in total at UK Singles #1

1| 18 Frankie Laine - I Believe (1953)
2| 16 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1991)
3=| 15 Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance (2016)
3=| 15 Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (1994)
5=| 14 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (2017)
5=| 14 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
7=| 11 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021)
7=| 11 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito (2017)
7=| 11 Slim Whitman - Rose Marie (1955)
7=| 11 Tones & I - Dance Monkey (2019)

Most weeks in total at UK Singles #1 without ACR

1| 18 Frankie Laine - I Believe (1953)
2| 16 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1991)
3=| 15 Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance (2016)
3=| 15 Tones & I - Dance Monkey (2019)
3=| 15 Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (1994)
6=| 14 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (2017)
6=| 14 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito (2017)
6=| 14 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
9| 13 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021)
10=| 12 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter (2023)
10=| 12 Wham! - Last Christmas (2021) +

(years in brackets indicate first weeks on chart)
* includes weeks before full Top 75 introduced in 1978 and full Top 100 introduced in 1983
** includes weeks before full Top 40 and Top 50 introduced in 1960
*** includes weeks before full Top 20 introduced in 1954

Songs to spend most weeks in total in each Top X of the UK Singles Chart

All songs appear in at least one of the above lists - refer to these for artists and years:

Top 1| I Believe (18)
Top 2| I Believe (25)
Top 3| Last Christmas (28)
Top 4| I Believe / Last Christmas (29)
Top 5| All I Want For Christmas Is You (33)
Top 6-7| All I Want For Christmas Is You (38)
Top 8-10| All I Want For Christmas Is You (44)
Top 11| All I Want For Christmas Is You (46)
Top 12| All I Want For Christmas Is You (50)
Top 13| All I Want For Christmas Is You (52)
Top 14| All I Want For Christmas Is You (54)
Top 15| Fairytale Of New York (57)
Top 16| Fairytale Of New York (60)
Top 17| Fairytale Of New York (62)
Top 18| Fairytale Of New York (69)
Top 19| Fairytale Of New York (74)
Top 20-21| Fairytale Of New York (75)
Top 22| Fairytale Of New York (76)
Top 23| Fairytale Of New York (78)
Top 24-25| Fairytale Of New York (79)
Top 26| Fairytale Of New York (81)
Top 27-29| Fairytale Of New York (83)
Top 30| All I Want For Christmas Is You / Fairytale Of New York (84)
Top 31| All I Want For Christmas Is You (86)
Top 32| All I Want For Christmas Is You / Fairytale Of New York (86)
Top 33| Fairytale Of New York (87)
Top 34| All I Want For Christmas Is You (89)
Top 35| All I Want For Christmas Is You (90)
Top 36| All I Want For Christmas Is You (91)
Top 37-39| All I Want For Christmas Is You (93)
Top 40-43| All I Want For Christmas Is You (94)
Top 44| My Way (98)
Top 45| My Way (105)
Top 46-47| My Way (107)
Top 48| My Way (110)
Top 49| My Way (118)
Top 50-57| My Way (123)
Top 58-65| My Way (124)
Top 66| Someone You Loved (127)
Top 67| Someone You Loved (129)
Top 68| Someone You Loved (132)
Top 69| Someone You Loved (133)
Top 70| Someone You Loved (135)
Top 71| Someone You Loved (138)
Top 72| Someone You Loved (140)
Top 73| Someone You Loved (144)
Top 74| Someone You Loved (146)
Top 75| Someone You Loved (150)
Top 76| Someone You Loved (153)
Top 77| Someone You Loved (155)
Top 78| Someone You Loved (158)
Top 79| Mr Brightside (166)
Top 80| Mr Brightside (179)
Top 81| Mr Brightside (190)
Top 82| Mr Brightside (201)
Top 83| Mr Brightside (207)
Top 84| Mr Brightside (216)
Top 85| Mr Brightside (227)
Top 86| Mr Brightside (239)
Top 87| Mr Brightside (246)
Top 88| Mr Brightside (257)
Top 89| Mr Brightside (273)
Top 90| Mr Brightside (286)
Top 91| Mr Brightside (292)
Top 92| Mr Brightside (310)
Top 93| Mr Brightside (321)
Top 94| Mr Brightside (327)
Top 95| Mr Brightside (336)
Top 96| Mr Brightside (346)
Top 97| Mr Brightside (354)
Top 98| Mr Brightside (365)
Top 99| Mr Brightside (375)
Top 100| Mr Brightside (390)

+ most recent week at date last updated

All lists last updated w/e 04/01/24

See also: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=216937

Posted by: jimwatts 10th May 2019, 09:31 PM

Commentary on top 10 songs with most weeks in total in the Top 100:

These songs have spent the longest in the charts of their size at the time. Always remember them this way, as two of those tied in 10th place are about to be booted out of the top 10. That does at least mean those remaining will have all racked up two or more years on the chart, while Mr Brightside’s next week will complete four years. This is the only of these top 10s which is (for now) a Christmas-free zone and it’s also notable that, other than Chandelier and the two Ed Sheeran songs, these all completed at least half of their current tallies while the charts were sales only.

Posted by: jimwatts 17th May 2019, 09:41 PM

Commentary on top 10 songs with most weeks in total in the Top 75:

And here are the songs with the most presence in the charts Music Week would recognise. The first 122 chart weeks for My Way were in what was then a Top 50 chart but over a period of 144 weeks – had it then been a full Top 75, it would have been much further in front here. I know it feels like Perfect has been around forever, but who knew it’s just two weeks behind (the song it aspired to be in) 3rd place? Further down the list, it’s Chriiistmaaas, as all those festive chart runs add up – if you’re wondering, Mariah’s classic is poised on 77 weeks, so should join this list by the end of November (OCC rules permitting).

Posted by: dobbo 17th May 2019, 10:16 PM

My Way will always remain the greatest song on any of these "most weeks" lists...

Whatever is sensational as well, unbelievable to see that appear here as it's not really considered one of Oasis' most well-known songs.

Posted by: danG 17th May 2019, 10:19 PM

I believe Whatever only lasted so long in the chart because it wasn't on any of their studio albums, still impressive though.

Posted by: dobbo 17th May 2019, 10:29 PM

Yes I do believe that's the primary reason why! I think it wasn't even included on any greatest hits either until Time Flies.

Posted by: jimwatts 25th May 2019, 10:23 AM

Commentary on top 10 songs with most weeks in total in the Top 50:

My Way tops this list by such a huge margin it may never be caught, at least not within the next decade. Sinatra’s nearest challenger namechecks him in the lyrics. These ten songs first appeared in six different decades with the oldest, Rock Around The Clock, starting out when the chart was just a Top 25, before charting again in the 60’s and 70’s – although its place in this top 10 is under threat from an all too familiar song which has just fallen out of the Top 50 this week (for now.)

Posted by: jimwatts 31st May 2019, 07:03 PM

Commentary on top 10 songs with most weeks in total in the Top 40:

Sinatra rules again – can you imagine if Buzzjack had existed in the early 1970’s, the chart show thread would be full of complaints that My Way was still hanging around and that R1 kept playing it every week On an unrelated note, Shotgun (which belatedly draws level with Rock Around The Clock for time in the Top 50 this week) is one Top 40 week away from joining this top 10 as well – maybe after Glastonbury? Anyway, I’ll try to keep these lists up to date when anything changes.

Posted by: Robbie 31st May 2019, 11:35 PM

There were a number of long running hits around in the early 1970s simply because singes sales were quite low and the likes of 'My Way' were selling small but consistent amounts each week so just kept charting. The lack of turnover in the charts led to the then chart compilers (BMRB) to introduce for the first time a rule which removed records from the charts - from 12 July 1975 any record that had falling sales for two weeks in a row and which would otherwise be placed below number 40 was removed from the chart. That's why there were so few re-entries to the chart from that date until the rule was dropped in May 1978 when the chart was expanded to a top 75.

Despite the multiple weeks 'My Way' spent on the chart it only sold something like 625,000 copies back in the day though it has since gone on to sell enough downloads and rack up enough streams to bring its overall total close to a million. I'm not sure if it has passed a million yet but it surely can't be far off.

Posted by: jimwatts 29th November 2019, 11:59 PM

As with the equivalent thread for consecutive weeks, I’ve added a new list to the first post here:
Songs to spend most weeks in total in each Top X of the UK Singles Chart

This goes from a Top 1 to a Top 100 to list the songs which spent the most weeks in each. As can be seen, Chasing Cars has so far withstood at least some of Mr Brightside’s quicksand, but the real story is the growing domination of the Pogues / Kirsty song in the upper reaches: 53 weeks in the Top 20, with more to come very soon! Mariah is catching up, but both have a long way to go to shift I Believe from its lead all the way down its native Top 12.

I’ve also given a more permanent home http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=222177&view=findpost&p=6590572 to:
- Songs with the most weeks to date in the UK Top 10 while on ACR
originally posted on the http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=222012&st=40&start=40 in August - they are as yet unchanged, but won't be for much longer...

Posted by: FelizNavidad 6th December 2019, 09:42 PM

OP updated - Christmas songs on the march 🎄🎄🎄

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 7th December 2019, 04:35 PM

That's right. It was a glaring omission from Stop The Clocks.

Posted by: FelizNavidad 21st December 2019, 12:13 AM

I've added http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=222177&view=findpost&p=7124555 for the songs with: Most calendar years in which a new run started in each of the Top 100, 75 , 50 and 40.

Merry Xmas Everybody, which (if you include the late 1990's Slade vs. Flush version as I have) is now on its 101st week in the Top 100, leads the way for the Top 100 with entries in 26 different calendar years, and similarly for the Top 75 and 50, while Fairytale Of New York dominates the Top 40 with entries in 17 years (including all of the past 15). A few non-Christmas songs have also made it into these top tens.

Posted by: FelizNavJimLad 24th December 2019, 11:00 AM

I was going to combine this with Friday’s update, but today seems more appropriate: I’ve added http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=222177&view=findpost&p=7124555 for the ten Christmas songs with most weeks in each of the Top 100 and Top 40.

I’ve gone for an objective definition of a Christmas song as one which has spent at least 50% of its time on chart in weeks beginning during the month of December. That immediately excludes Let It Go and, by a slim margin, Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s The Power Of Love (which, despite a nativity themed video, owes 4 of its 18 weeks in the Top 40 to a dance remix in summer 2000), but narrowly qualifies Stay Another Day whose continued seasonal placement now outweighs its months in the bargain bins in early 1995.

This also happens to be my 500th post (and probably one of my shorter ones). I hope you’ve found at least some of these lists of interest, and have a great Christmas!

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 24th December 2019, 11:58 AM

Thanks mate, how long until TPOL can get in here then?

Posted by: FelizNavJimLad 24th December 2019, 12:57 PM

It would be here for the Top 40 (18 weeks) and Top 50 (21 weeks), except that I excluded it as most of those weeks weren't in December - had to draw the line somehow!

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 24th December 2019, 03:55 PM

Eventually most of those weeks will fall in December though if it charts enough.

Posted by: FelizNavJimLad 24th December 2019, 05:35 PM

The thing is it's only charted once in the digital era, in 2012 on the back of the Gabrielle Aplin version, so would probably be dropping off these lists next year anyway.

Posted by: Michael Bubré 24th December 2019, 06:15 PM

Mariah will very slowly catch The Pogues' longevity stats if current trends continue indefinitely. As in catching up by about 1 week per year

Posted by: jimwatts 31st December 2019, 01:44 PM

I’ve updated the OP as everything stands going into the new decade.
Festive tunes now make up 3 of the 4 most charted songs in the Top 40 at any time, although that could change again in late February... Also, Bré is correct that Mariah isn’t really closing in on the Pogues that much, except when you go into the Top 14 where she is already ahead or very close:

Top 15: FONY (40), I Believe (36), AIWFCIY (33)
Top 14: I Believe (36), FONY (34), AIWFCIY (33)
Top 13: I Believe (36), AIWFCIY (32), FONY (31)
Top 12: I Believe (36), AIWFCIY (30), FONY (26) etc.

The lack of a reset to SCR (amongst other things well documented elsewhere) may have cost Mariah a long-awaited #1, but it does mean her song joins the exclusive club which have had http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=224552&st=0#entry6287712 and also replaces Despacito for having the most weeks in the Top 10 while on ACR. Meanwhile, the #9 position is being increasingly left behind in terms of ACR action: it has long been the only position in the Top 100 where no song on regular ACR has yet landed. Conversely, at least one song on permanent ACR due to being over 3 years old has now held every position in the Top 100 with the exception of #40 – maybe one day I’ll post a full list...
Happy new year folks.

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 31st December 2019, 04:10 PM

Thanks for info!

Posted by: jimwatts 28th June 2020, 06:58 PM

Halfway through the year, here’s some new lists for you all!

Songs with the most weeks to date in the UK Top 10 while on regular ACR
Since its introduction in July 2017

1=| 7 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021)
1=| 7 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito (2017)
3=| 6 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road (2019)
3=| 6 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2020)
5| 4 Tones & I - Dance Monkey (2019)
6=| 3 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss (2018)
6=| 3 Joel Corry featuring MNEK - Head & Heart (2020)
6=| 3 Miley Cyrus - Flowers (2023)
6=| 3 PinkPantheress - Boy's a liar (2023)
10=| 2 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2018)
10=| 2 George Ezra - Shotgun (2018)
10=| 2 Halsey - Without Me (2019)

[16 songs with 1 week each]: Body, Cold Heart, Eastside, Escapism., God’s Plan, Havana, Mood, Paint The Town Red, rockstar, Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat), Shivers, Someone You Loved, Sprinter, STAY, Sweet But Psycho, We Don't Talk About Bruno

(years in brackets indicate first week in Top 10 on ACR)

Songs with the most weeks to date in the UK Top 10 while on permanent ACR
Since its introduction in July 2018

1| 28 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (2018) +
2| 26 Wham! - Last Christmas (2018) +
3| 18 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (2018) +
4| 13 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2018) +
5=| 12 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (2021) +
5=| 12 Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (2018)
7| 7 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (2022)
8| 6 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (2018)
9| 5 Elton John - Step Into Christmas (2018)
10=| 3 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (2021) +
10=| 3 Baddiel and Skinner / Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions (2018)
12| 2 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock (2022)

[4 songs with 1 week each]: Driving Home For Christmas, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, One More Sleep, Santa Tell Me

(years in brackets indicate first week in Top 10 on ACR)

Songs with most weeks to date in the UK Top 40 while on SCR
Since its introduction in July 2017

1| 41 Rema - Calm Down (2022)
2=| 40 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2021: 17+11; 2023: 12)
2=| 40 Harry Styles - As It Was (2022: 18; 2023: 22)
4| 37 George Ezra - Green Green Grass (2022: 17; 2023: 20)
5| 32 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019: 22; 2020: 10)
6=| 30 Jax Jones featuring MNEK - Where Did You Go? (2022)
6=| 30 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (2021: 3+18; 2022: 7; 2023: 2)
6=| 30 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (2021: 15+15)
9| 29 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar (2019: 8; 2020: 16; 2021: 5)
10| 28 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru (2021)

(years in brackets denote when each run on SCR began; for songs with multiple runs on SCR starting in the same year, the number of weeks in each run is shown, separated by +)

Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 40 before first going to ACR
Since its introduction in July 2017

1| 41 Rema - Calm Down (2022)
2| 30 Jax Jones featuring MNEK - Where Did You Go? (2022)
3| 28 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru (2021)
4=| 27 Freya Ridings - Lost Without You (2018)
4=| 27 Harry Styles - Adore You (2019)
6| 26 Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now (2019)
7=| 25 Lewis Capaldi - Grace (2019) ~
7=| 25 Pinkfong - Baby Shark (2018) ~
9=| 24 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do (2022)
9=| 24 Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae - Flowers (2020)

~ non-consecutive weeks
(years in brackets indicate first weeks on chart)

Songs with most weeks to date in the UK Top 100 while on SCR
Since its introduction in July 2017

1| 50 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020: 27; 2021: 11; 2023: 12)
2| 48 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017: 16; 2020: 32)
3| 45 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (2021: 12+4+18; 2022: 7; 2023: 4)
4| 43 Rema - Calm Down (2022)
5| 40 Harry Styles - As It Was (2022: 18; 2023: 22)
6| 39 George Ezra - Green Green Grass (2022: 19; 2023: 20)
7=| 38 Pinkfong - Baby Shark (2018: 31; 2020: 5; 2023: 2)
7=| 38 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (2017)
9=| 36 AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove (2019: 10+21; 2020: 5)
9=| 36 Cian Ducrot - All For You (2022: 9+21; 2023: 6)
9=| 36 Lewis Capaldi - Grace (2018)

(years in brackets denote when each run on SCR began; for songs with multiple runs on SCR starting in the same year, the number of weeks in each run is shown, separated by +)

Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 100 before first going to ACR
Since its introduction in July 2017

1| 43 Rema - Calm Down (2022)
2| 38 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (2017)
3| 36 Lewis Capaldi - Grace (2018) ~
4=| 33 Freya Ridings - Lost Without You (2018)
4=| 33 Polo G - Martin & Gina (2020) ~
6| 31 Pinkfong - Baby Shark (2018)
7=| 30 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru (2021) ~
7=| 30 Jax Jones featuring MNEK - Where Did You Go? (2022)
7=| 30 Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae - Flowers (2020)
7=| 30 Ruth B. - Dandelions (2022)
7=| 30 Sam Fischer - This City (2020)

~ non-consecutive weeks
(years in brackets indicate first weeks on chart)

+ most recent week at date last updated
Last updated w/e 04/01/24

Posted by: jimwatts 28th June 2020, 06:59 PM

And for my 1000th post, these lists are as featured in my recent http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234220 but these are the versions I’ll keep up to date.

Most positions held in the UK Singles Top 40

1=| 33 | The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019): 1-2, 4-5, 7-14, 16-18, 20-26, 29-36, 38-40
1=| 33 | Wham! - Last Christmas (1984): 1-11, 13-14, 16, 18-21, 23-24, 26-29, 32-40
3=| 32 | Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019): 1-4, 6-11, 13-15, 18-31, 34, 36-38, 40
3=| 32 | Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987): 2-20, 22-24, 26-27, 30-33, 36, 38-40
5| 31 | Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994): 1-6, 8, 11-14, 16-25, 27-31, 34-37, 40
6=| 29 | Bill Haley and his Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955): 1-9, 12-15, 17-20, 22, 24-27, 29-33, 35, 38
6=| 29 | Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014): 1-8, 10, 12-14, 16-20, 23-26, 28-32, 34-35, 38
6=| 29 | John Legend - All Of Me (2014): 2-6, 8-11, 13-15, 17-20, 22-24, 26, 28-29, 31, 33-34, 36-37, 39-40
9=| 28 | Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017): 1, 3-7, 11-13, 16, 18-19, 22-26, 28-29, 31-38, 40
9=| 28 | Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969): 5-7, 9, 16-18, 20-40
9=| 28 | Harry Styles - As It Was (2022): 1-10, 12-14, 16, 18-22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32-34, 36-37
9=| 28 | Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore (1961): 2, 5-20, 22-23, 27, 30-33, 35, 38-40
9=| 28 | Pharrell Williams - Happy (2013): 1-4, 6-7, 10-19, 22, 24-25, 27, 29-30, 32-35, 37, 40

Most positions held in the UK Singles Top 50

1| 42 | The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019): as Top 40 plus: 41-42, 44-48, 50
2| 41 | Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019): as Top 40 plus: 42-50
3| 40 | Wham! - Last Christmas (1984): as Top 40 plus: 41-45, 47, 50
4| 38 | Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017): as Top 40 plus: 41-50
5=| 37 | Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969): as Top 40 plus: 41-46, 48-50
5=| 37 | Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994): as Top 40 plus: 44-48, 50
5=| 37 | Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987): as Top 40 plus: 41, 44, 46-47, 49
8=| 35 | Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021): 1, 3-6, 8-9, 11-12, 15, 17-20, 22-29, 34-35, 37, 39, 41-47, 49-50
8=| 35 | Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014): as Top 40 plus: 42, 45-47, 49-50
8=| 35 | George Ezra - Shotgun (2018): 1-4, 7-8, 10, 14, 16-17, 20, 22, 24, 26-33, 35, 37-39, 41-50
8=| 35 | Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2021): 5-8, 10, 18-39, 41-48
8=| 35 | Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973): 4, 6, 10, 12-13, 15-19, 22-31, 33-39, 41, 43-46, 48-50

Most positions held in the UK Singles Top 75

1| 65 | Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2019): as Top 50 plus: 51-63, 65-75
2| 58 | Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017): as Top 50 plus: 51-53, 55-62, 64-66, 69-71, 73-75
3| 57 | The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019): as Top 50 plus: 51-52, 56, 62-70, 72-74
4| 54 | Wham! - Last Christmas (1984): as Top 50 plus: 51-57, 61, 63, 65, 67-68, 71, 75
5=| 53 | Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020): as Top 50 plus: 51-54, 57-61, 63-68, 72-74
5=| 53 | Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (2006): 6-10, 12-17, 20-21, 23-29, 31-32, 35, 39, 44-45, 47-61, 63-72, 74-75
7=| 51 | Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (2021): as Top 50 plus: 51-53, 55-59, 61, 66-68, 70, 73-75
7=| 51 | Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987): as Top 50 plus: 51, 53, 55, 57-58, 62-64, 66-69, 71, 75
9=| 50 | Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014): as Top 50 plus: 51-52, 55, 57-59, 62-64, 68-71, 73-74
9=| 50 | Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (2008): 1-2, 4-6, 11-19, 21-23, 26-27, 29-31, 33, 37-40, 43, 45, 47, 49-57, 60-62, 66-68, 70-74

Most positions held in the UK Singles Top 100

1| 90 | Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (2018): as Top 75 plus: 76-100
2| 82 | Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017): as Top 75 plus: 76-84, 86-100
3| 76 | The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (2019): as Top 75 plus: 77-78, 80-82, 84-89, 91-92, 95-100
4| 74 | Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (2006): as Top 75 plus: 76, 78-80, 82-88, 90-91, 93-100
5| 70 | Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (2008): as Top 75 plus: 77-95, 99
6| 69 | Bastille - Pompeii (2013):
2-5, 9, 12-13, 15, 19-20, 22, 24-27, 30, 32-34, 37-39, 41, 43-44, 47-48, 50-51, 53-55, 57-69, 71-74, 76-79, 81-88, 90, 93-96, 98-100
7| 68 | George Ezra - Shotgun (2018): as Top 50 plus: 51-54, 57, 63, 66, 68, 71-84, 86-89, 91-93, 95-97, 100
8=| 67 | Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014): as Top 75 plus: 78-79, 81-83, 85-88, 92-96, 98-100
8=| 67 | Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020): as Top 75 plus: 76, 79, 81, 84-85, 88-92, 94-95, 97, 99
10=| 65 | Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (2009):
1-3, 5-8, 10, 14, 16-17, 20, 22, 24, 27-28, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43, 45-60, 62-65, 68-71, 73-74, 77-79, 83-88, 91-94, 96-98, 100
10=| 65 | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow (2018):
1-6, 11-13, 21, 23-28, 31-32, 34-35, 38-39, 43-44, 48, 50-51, 54-57, 59, 61-62, 64-65, 67, 69, 71, 73-76, 78-89, 91-100
10=| 65 | Vance Joy - Riptide (2013): 10, 12-15, 18, 27, 30, 34-35, 37-43, 45, 47, 49-53, 55-59, 61-62, 64-67, 69-81, 83-85, 87-100
10=| 65 | The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (2021): 2-6, 8-11, 13-16, 20-22, 28, 31, 34-35, 40, 47-50, 54-58, 60-78, 80, 84-97, 99

(years in brackets indicate first weeks on chart)

+ new position held at date last updated
Last updated w/e 04/01/24

Posted by: Maestro 3rd July 2020, 05:02 PM

Perfect and Someone You Loved both getting new positions this week. Perfect now only 1 behind Chasing Cars overall.

Posted by: jimwatts 11th September 2020, 06:34 PM

It may now forever be assigned to ACR and therefore stay short of My Way's 124 weeks in the Top 75, but Perfect had already done enough to take the record for weeks in the Top 82, 83 and 84... and more importantly, with #94 now added to its collection, it now has an outright record of 75 different positions in the Top 100!

Posted by: Maestro 20th November 2020, 06:45 PM

Perfect #100 this week, now only missing 3 positions between #76 and #100, it’ll probably drop out next week but I’m sure it’ll be back after Christmas

Posted by: fchd 20th November 2020, 07:40 PM

To mark the re-appearance of two festive oldies in the Top 50 and the continuing presence of "Blinding Lights", here's an update of records by most weeks in the top 50

123 - "My Way" Frank Sinatra
80 - "Someone You Loved" Lewis Capaldi
79 - "Perfect" Ed Sheeran
76 - "Fairytale of New York" Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
72 - "ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU" Mariah Carey
68 - "Shotgun" George Ezra
66 - "Amazing Grace" Judy Collins
65 - "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran
61 - "Dance Monkey" Tones & I
60 - "Rather Be" Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
58 - "All Of Me" John Legend
"Shape Of You" Ed Sheeran
57 - "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" Wizzard
"Rock Around The Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
56 - "Release Me" Engelbert Humperdinck
55 - "LAST CHRISTMAS" Wham! *
"Stranger On The Shore" Mr Acker Bilk
54 - "Sex On Fire" Kings of Leon
"Take Me To Church" Hozier
53 - "Chandelier" Sia
"Happy" Pharrell Williams
"Someone Like You" Adele
"This Is Me" Keala Settle
51 - "BLINDING LIGHTS" The Weeknd
50 - "Let It Go" Idina Menzel
"Merry Xmas Everybody" Slade #

* - "Last Christmas" has 11 extra weeks as a Double A-side with "Everything She Wants"
# - "Merry Xmas Everybody" has 2 extra weeks in a version credited to Slade vs Flush

Posted by: Steve201 20th November 2020, 09:26 PM

Surely ‘Last Christmas’ has to automatically count the extra 11 weeks?

Posted by: jimwatts 20th November 2020, 11:40 PM

Thanks fchd. That's one record Sinatra will be keeping for a while - if the Pogues reach the Top 40 next week, they'll end up taking his record for weeks in the Top 40 on January 1st.

I agree Steve, perhaps aside from 1 or 2 weeks in January 1985 when Everything She Wants was getting the airplay, people were buying the Wham! double A-side for Last Christmas, so I'd combine all its chart weeks.

Posted by: jimwatts 29th November 2020, 05:38 PM

All lists updated, forgot how long that took each week around Christmas last year

As it's my 1500th post, that day is today so here are the first songs to reach each position while on permanent ACR. #40 was finally taken thanks to the resurgence of Dreams a few weeks ago. The #1 position was one of the very first to be taken once the rule was introduced in July 2018, but it hasn't been touched since - maybe in a few weeks time:

#1 19/07/2018 Baddiel and Skinner / Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions
#2 03/01/2019 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
#3 03/01/2019 Wham! - Last Christmas
#4 27/12/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
#5 20/12/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
#6 13/12/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
#7 20/12/2018 Wham! - Last Christmas
#8 03/01/2019 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
#9 03/01/2019 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
#10 20/12/2018 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
#11 27/12/2018 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
#12 03/01/2019 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
#13 27/12/2018 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
#14 13/12/2018 Wham! - Last Christmas
#15 20/12/2018 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
#16 20/12/2018 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
#17 03/01/2019 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
#18 13/12/2018 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
#19 27/12/2018 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
#20 27/12/2018 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
#21 20/12/2018 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
#22 20/12/2018 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
#23 27/12/2018 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
#24 12/07/2018 Baddiel and Skinner / Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions
#25 19/07/2018 Green Day - American Idiot
#26 13/12/2018 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
#27 02/01/2020 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe
#28 20/12/2018 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
#29 27/12/2018 John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
#30 13/12/2018 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
#31 03/01/2019 Bing Crosby - White Christmas
#32 12/12/2019 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
#33 20/12/2018 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
#34 06/12/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
#35 13/12/2018 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
#36 13/12/2018 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
#37 03/01/2019 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
#38 03/01/2019 Mud - Lonely This Christmas
#39 13/12/2018 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
#40 05/11/2020 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
#41 19/07/2018 Fat Les - Vindaloo
#42 13/12/2018 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
#43 05/12/2019 Wham! - Last Christmas
#44 13/12/2018 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
#45 22/11/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
#46 15/11/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
#47 03/01/2019 Coldplay - Christmas Lights
#48 19/07/2018 New Order - World In Motion
#49 13/12/2018 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
#50 06/12/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
#51 30/08/2018 Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
#52 29/11/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
#53 08/11/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
#54 27/12/2018 Coldplay - Christmas Lights
#55 27/12/2018 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
#56 03/01/2019 Nat "King" Cole - The Christmas Song
#57 13/12/2018 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
#58 13/12/2018 John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
#59 03/01/2019 Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
#60 27/12/2018 Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord
#61 27/12/2018 Bing Crosby - White Christmas
#62 30/08/2018 Aretha Franklin - Respect
#63 08/11/2018 Michael Jackson - Thriller
#64 13/12/2018 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe
#65 29/11/2018 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
#66 06/12/2018 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
#67 22/08/2019 Dave and AJ Tracey - Thiago Silva
#68 20/12/2018 Coldplay - Christmas Lights
#69 20/12/2018 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree
#70 20/12/2018 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas
#71 27/12/2018 Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
#72 19/12/2019 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
#73 20/12/2018 Bing Crosby - White Christmas
#74 03/01/2019 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
#75 13/12/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
#76 20/12/2018 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
#77 27/12/2018 Idina Menzel featuring Michael Bublé - Baby It's Cold Outside
#78 27/12/2018 Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
#79 30/08/2018 Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
#80 20/12/2018 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
#81 21/02/2019 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
#82 13/12/2018 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas
#83 15/11/2018 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
#84 13/12/2018 Coldplay - Christmas Lights
#85 13/12/2018 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
#86 20/12/2018 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
#87 20/12/2018 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
#88 06/12/2018 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
#89 22/11/2018 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
#90 01/08/2019 Killers - Mr. Brightside
#91 08/11/2018 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
#92 20/12/2018 Mud - Lonely This Christmas
#93 15/11/2018 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
#94 06/12/2018 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
#95 20/12/2018 Pretenders - 2000 Miles
#96 13/12/2018 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
#97 26/07/2018 Baddiel and Skinner / Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions
#98 27/12/2018 Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and Wine
#99 26/07/2018 Killers - Mr. Brightside
#100 06/09/2018 Killers - Mr. Brightside

Posted by: Steve201 29th November 2020, 06:00 PM

Pretty class list for me that!

Posted by: Maestro 11th December 2020, 11:13 PM

As alluded to above. The #1 position has now been held by 2 songs on permanent ACR.
Sinatra’s record weeks in the top 40 of 75 will also most likely fall to The Pogues this year, or at the very least be equaled.

Posted by: Christmasteve201 11th December 2020, 11:14 PM

Great news!

Posted by: jimwatts 27th December 2020, 11:33 PM

I've added a http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=222177&view=findpost&p=7124555 for the songs with: Most calendar years in which a new run started in the Top 20

Posted by: Christmasteve201 28th December 2020, 01:24 AM

I’m sure I’ve heard before but what happened Mariah in 2010?

Posted by: Jingle Jules 28th December 2020, 10:01 AM

There was a period at the height of the download era when the Christmas songs struggled to compete. I think it was a combination of people already having downloaded them in previous years and the non Christmas market being really strong. I remember thinking that in a few years they might not make the Top 40 at all.
Think they recovered a bit when the 2012 Now Christmas album came out due to cherry picking, and then of course as soon as streaming was counted they came back with a vengeance.

Posted by: Bré 28th December 2020, 12:15 PM

I think 2011 was also the start of Christmas songs being heavily discounted on iTunes every year iirc? Which definitely helped to combat the saturation.

Posted by: Maestro 8th January 2021, 11:52 PM

I see this has been updated, but Perfect’s record for most weeks in top 82-84 is not in blue so I’m not sure if that needs addressing?

Posted by: jimwatts 9th January 2021, 06:15 AM

Thanks, I knew I'd forgotten something! Updated

Edit: and updated again for this week - poor Chasing Cars continues being attacked at both ends there.

Posted by: jimwatts 13th March 2021, 01:15 AM

2000th post (and they've all been in this forum)

I've shifted some of the lists so now all the Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top X ones appear in the OP, to which I've added most weeks at #1, with or without ACR. The other lists all appear on this page with all the Christmas ones together.

Within the lists themselves, Someone You Loved, which already had the most consecutive weeks in the Top 100, now makes the top ten for most weeks in total. At the same time, Thinking Out Loud, which still has the most consecutive weeks in the Top 50, drops out of the corresponding top ten. Shallow will become the 19th song to reach 100 weeks in total next week - it lands at its 62nd different position this week so needs one more to join the top ten for most positions visited.

Posted by: Maestro 21st May 2021, 04:49 PM

Perfect is #98 this week so it extends its lead as the song to have held the most positions

Posted by: jimwatts 1st July 2021, 07:20 PM

Halfway through 2021, and onto my 2500th post, so I've added a couple more lists at the top of http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=222177&view=findpost&p=6590572:

- Songs with most weeks to date in the UK Top 100 while on SCR
- Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 100 before first going to ACR
both since the introduction of ACR in July 2017.

The first of these top tens currently has a threshold of 31 weeks, which was more than I expected. I hadn't realised Leave A Light On had such a long third run on SCR, however it and Bruises will soon be knocked out by a song which is currently 'high' in the Top 100 once again.

I've also expanded the very first list on the OP (Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 100) to a top 20. Once the next song reaches 100, I'll keep it at all songs with 100 weeks or more.

Posted by: jimwatts 13th November 2021, 08:10 PM

Also added at the top of http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=222177&view=findpost&p=6590572:

- Songs with most weeks to date in the UK Top 40 while on SCR
- Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 40 before first going to ACR
both since the introduction of ACR in July 2017.

Heat Waves is 4th in the former - for the Top 100 it is behind only Perfect.
(3000th post)

Posted by: jimwatts 21st January 2022, 06:55 PM

3500th post, so a couple of new lists... I’m almost certain the first is accurate, http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=245495&view=findpost&p=6863557 thanks to fchd, while the second is to the best of my knowledge:

Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 100 on reaching their peaks

1| 104 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (#1, 2020)
2| 97 Wham! - Last Christmas (#1, 2021)
3| 71 New Order - Blue Monday (#3, 1988)
4| 68 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (#10, 2021)
5| 66 Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (#4, 2022)
6| 57 Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (#11, 2013)
7| 55 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (#3, 2011)
8=| 54 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (#8, 2011)
8=| 54 Elbow - One Day Like This (#4, 2012)
8=| 54 Fatback Band - I Found Lovin’ (#7, 1987)

Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 40 on reaching their peaks

1| 70 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (#1, 2020)
2| 63 Wham! - Last Christmas (#1, 2021)
3| 38 Rema - Calm Down (#3, 2023)
4| 33 Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (#4, 2022)
5| 32 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me (#8, 2023)
6| 30 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (#6, 2022)
7| 25 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (#10, 2021)
8=| 23 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (#5, 2021)
8=| 23 New Order - Blue Monday (#3, 1988)
10=| 22 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (#1, 2017)
10=| 22 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (#2, 2021)

peak reached at date last updated
Last updated w/e 04/01/24

Posted by: Mack. 23rd January 2022, 05:40 PM

Thanks for this, great bit of chart insight to read here.

Posted by: jimwatts 9th April 2022, 08:51 AM

4000th post and a couple more new lists, compiled to the best of my knowledge - as I've alluded to elsewhere, look what comes out on top of both:

Songs with most new peak positions in the UK Top 100

1| 18 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020): 68, 63, 48, 45, 43, 38, 34, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 10, 8, 7, 5
2| 17 Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered (2019): 87, 69, 58, 55, 47, 41, 39, 34, 31, 30, 26, 23, 20, 17, 14, 8, 6
3| 15 Tyga featuring Offset - Taste (2018): 82, 78, 59, 50, 42, 34, 27, 24, 16, 15, 11, 10, 9, 8, 5
4=| 14 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (1988): 84, 72, 61, 53, 51, 35, 33, 29, 26, 23, 20, 14, 11, 10
4=| 14 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2007): 100, 92, 87, 70, 69, 54, 39, 37, 36, 27, 20, 17, 16, 13
4=| 14 Doja Cat - Say So (2020): 83, 68, 65, 60, 45, 35, 25, 21, 19, 10, 9, 8, 7, 2
4=| 14 Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel - White Lines (Don’t Do It) (1983): 85, 60, 59, 52, 49, 48, 46, 36, 21, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7
4=| 14 Lost Frequencies featuring Calum Scott - Where Are You Now (2021): 91, 78, 69, 59, 54, 50, 39, 23, 17, 11, 7, 5, 4, 3
4=| 14 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried (2022): 96, 47, 28, 24, 21, 14, 13, 12, 10, 9, 6, 5, 4, 3
4=| 14 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (2017): 91, 69, 65, 42, 39, 35, 32, 25, 20, 13, 9, 6, 4, 3
4=| 14 Rema - Calm Down (2022): 63, 51, 35, 32, 25, 21, 17, 16, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3
4=| 14 Shawn Mendes - Stitches (2015): 97, 79, 72, 69, 55, 48, 47, 41, 29, 25, 12, 4, 2, 1
4=| 14 Switch Disco & Ella Henderson - REACT (2023): 90, 84, 64, 54, 40, 32, 26, 15, 12, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4

Songs with most new peak positions in the UK Top 40

1| 13 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2021): as above
2=| 12 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried (2022): as above
2=| 12 Rema - Calm Down (2022): as above
4=| 11 Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered (2019): as above
4=| 11 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights (2019): 39, 33, 31, 21, 20, 19, 15, 14, 8, 6, 3
4=| 11 Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014): 26, 25, 23, 20, 18, 16, 13, 10, 4, 2, 1
4=| 11 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar (2020): 35, 28, 18, 17, 16, 15, 11, 7, 6, 5, 4
4=| 11 Libianca - People (2023): 27, 18, 17, 15, 13, 11, 8, 7, 5, 4, 2
4=| 11 Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean (2021): 35, 32, 30, 24, 23, 20, 18, 15, 14, 13, 12
4=| 11 Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (1960): 36, 31, 23, 22, 15, 14, 13, 5, 4, 2, 1
4=| 11 Young T & Bugsey featuring Aitch - Strike A Pose (2019): 30, 25, 22, 21, 19, 18, 15, 14, 12, 10, 9

peak reached at date last updated
Last updated w/e 04/01/24

Posted by: Riser 11th April 2022, 01:34 AM

Should I say it? Okay, I'll say it...Dermot Kennedy's been outnumbered

Posted by: jimwatts 5th June 2022, 09:39 PM

As an addition to the equivalent lists for the Top 100 down to Top 20, I had this new one for the Top 10 in mind for my 4500th post even before the Kate Bush revival which means it has been added to!

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 100 started

1| 30 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973, 1980-86, 1989-90, 1998-99^, 2006-23) 🎄
2| 26 John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972, 1974, 1980-84, 2003-04, 2007-23) 🎄
3=| 22 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987-88, 1991, 2005-23) 🎄
3=| 22 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 1981, 1984-86, 2007-23) 🎄
5=| 20 Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-86, 2007-23) 🎄
5=| 20 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984-86, 2007-23) 🎄
7=| 19 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994-95, 2007-23) 🎄
7=| 19 Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1985-86, 2007-23) 🎄
9=| 18 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (1988, 2007-23) 🎄
9=| 18 Michael Jackson - Thriller (1983-84, 2007-18, 2020-23) 🎃

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 75 started

1| 27 Merry Xmas Everybody (1973, 1980-86, 1998^, 2006-23) 🎄
2| 21 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 1991, 2005-23) 🎄
3=| 20 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 1981, 1984, 2007-23) 🎄
3=| 20 Last Christmas (1984-86, 2007-23) 🎄
5=| 19 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994-95, 2007-23) 🎄
5=| 19 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2007-23) 🎄
5=| 19 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985-86, 2007-23) 🎄
8| 18 Driving Home For Christmas (1988, 2007-23) 🎄
9| 17 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972, 1974, 1980-82, 2003, 2007-08, 2015-23) 🎄
10=| 16 Killers - Mr Brightside (2004, 2007-10, 2012-13, 2015-23)
10=| 16 Thriller (1983, 2007-10, 2012-18, 2020-23) 🎃

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 50 started

1| 22 Merry Xmas Everybody (1973, 1981, 1983-85, 1998^, 2006-13, 2016-23) 🎄
2| 21 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 1991, 2005-23) 🎄
3| 20 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 1981, 1984, 2007-23) 🎄
4| 19 Last Christmas (1984-86, 2007-09, 2011-23) 🎄
5| 18 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994, 2007-23) 🎄
6| 16 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985, 2007-09, 2011-12, 2014-23) 🎄
7| 15 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2007, 2009, 2011-12, 2015-23) 🎄
8=| 14 Driving Home For Christmas (2007, 2009, 2011-12, 2014-23) 🎄
8=| 14 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972, 1974, 1980-81, 2003, 2007, 2016-23) 🎄
10=| 10 Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1977, 1998, 2007, 2016-19, 2021-23) 🎄
10=| 10 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2014-23) 🎄

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 40 started

1| 21 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 1991, 2005-23) 🎄
2=| 18 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994, 2007-23) 🎄
2=| 18 Last Christmas (1984-85, 2007-09, 2011-23) 🎄
2=| 18 Merry Xmas Everybody (1973, 1981, 1983, 1998^, 2006-09, 2011-12, 2016-23) 🎄
5| 17 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 1984, 2007-08, 2011-23) 🎄
6| 14 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2007, 2011-12, 2015-23) 🎄
7=| 13 Driving Home For Christmas (2007, 2009, 2011-12, 2015-23) 🎄
7=| 13 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985, 2007-08, 2014-23) 🎄
9| 12 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972, 1980-81, 2003, 2007, 2017-23) 🎄
10=| 9 3 Lions (1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2021-22)
10=| 9 Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (1962, 2016-23) 🎄
10=| 9 Elton John - Step Into Christmas (1973, 2016-23) 🎄

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 20 started

1| 20 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 2005-23) 🎄
2| 17 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994, 2007-09, 2011-23) 🎄
3| 12 Last Christmas (1984-85, 2007, 2015-23) 🎄
4=| 9 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2017-23) 🎄
4=| 9 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985, 2016-23) 🎄
6=| 8 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 2007, 2017-22) 🎄
6=| 8 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (1962, 2017-23) 🎄
6=| 8 3 Lions (1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2021-22)
9=| 7 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2017-23) 🎄
9=| 7 Merry Xmas Everybody (1973, 1983, 2007, 2017-20) 🎄
9=| 7 Step Into Christmas (2017-23) 🎄

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 10 started

1| 11 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 2005-07, 2017-23) 🎄
2=| 10 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994, 2007, 2016-23) 🎄
2=| 10 Last Christmas (1984-85, 2016-23) 🎄
4=| 7 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985, 2017-21, 2023) 🎄
5=| 6 3 Lions (1996, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2021)
5=| 6 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2017-20) 🎄
7=| 5 It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2018, 2020-23) 🎄
7=| 5 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (1962, 2017, 2021-23) 🎄
9=| 3 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (2021-23) 🎄
9=| 3 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas (2021-23) 🎄
9=| 3 Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956-57, 1971)
9=| 3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (1984, 1993, 2000) (🎄)
9=| 3 Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing (1975, 1987, 1997)
9=| 3 John Lennon - Imagine (1975, 1980, 1999)
9=| 3 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (1985, 2012, 2022)
9=| 3 Madonna - Holiday (1984-85, 1991)
9=| 3 Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (1965, 1969, 1990)
9=| 3 Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got The Love (1991, 1997, 2006)
9=| 3 Step Into Christmas (2018-20) 🎄

(years in brackets indicate start of each run, based on the first day of the chart week e.g. a run starting on w/e 6/1/07 would count as 2006; a run starting on w/e/ 7/1/16 would count as 2016)
^ as Slade vs. Flush

Christmas songs with most weeks in the UK Singles Top 100

1=| 131 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) +
1=| 131 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987) +
3| 123 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973) * +
4| 121 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984) +
5| 105 Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984) +
6| 99 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973) * +
7| 97 Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1985) +
8| 95 John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972) * +
9| 80 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (1988) +
10| 73 Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (1962) * +

Christmas songs with most weeks in the UK Singles Top 40

1| 94 All I Want For Christmas Is You +
2| 91 Fairytale Of New York +
3| 83 Last Christmas +
4| 61 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday +
5=| 58 Do They Know It’s Christmas? +
5=| 58 Merry Xmas Everybody +
7| 51 Merry Christmas Everyone +
8| 41 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) +
9| 39 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree +
10| 36 Michael Bublé - It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2016) +

🎄 Defined as those which have spent at least 50% of their chart runs in weeks beginning in the month of December i.e. w/e 7/12/xx up to w/e 6/1/xx
(years in brackets indicate first weeks on chart)

* includes weeks before full Top 100 introduced in 1983
+ most recent week at date last updated

Last updated w/e 04/01/24

Posted by: jimwatts 11th August 2022, 09:45 PM

5000th post, and the last time I'll deliberately coincide every 500th post with an addition to this thread.
As ever, these are to the best of my knowledge - corrections welcomed and happy to research other suggestions:

Songs with most weeks in the Top X without reaching the Top Y

Top 100 / Top 10 | 107 | Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (2012, #12)
Top 100 / Top 20 | 69 | Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (1977, #24); Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2008, #21)
Top 100 / Top 30 | 60 | Oasis - Supersonic (1994, #31)
Top 100 / Top 40 | 34 | Imagine Dragons - Believer (2017, #42)
Top 100 / Top 50 | 32 | 45 King - The King Is Here / The 900 Number (1989, #60)
Top 100 / Top 60 | 22 | Surf Curse - Freaks (2021, #64)
Top 100 / Top 65 | 20 | Noah Cyrus - July (2020, #66)
Top 100 / Top 75 | 14 | Meduza and James Carter featuring Elley Duhé and Fast Boy - Bad Memories (2022, #80)
Top 100 / Top 80 | 13 | Fantastique - Mama Told Me (1986, #84)
Top 100 / Top 85 | 11 | Walters - I Love You So (2021, #87)

Top 75 / Top 10 | 65 | Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (2008, #11)
Top 75 / Top 20 | 45 | Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010, #21)
Top 75 / Top 30 | 30 | Ruth B. - Dandelions (2022, #42)
Top 75 / Top 40 | 30 | Ruth B. - Dandelions (2022, #42)
Top 75 / Top 50 | 20 | Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect (2017, #57)
Top 75 / Top 60 | 11 | Not3s featuring Maleek Berry - Sit Back Down (2018, #61)

Top 50 / Top 10 | 50 | Idina Menzel - Let It Go (2014, #11)
Top 50 / Top 20 | 29 | Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010, #21)
Top 50 / Top 30 | 16 | Rihanna - Needed Me (2016, #38)
Top 50 / Top 40 | 14 | Ruth B. - Dandelions (2022, #42)

Top 40 / Top 10 | 45 | Idina Menzel - Let It Go (2014, #11)
Top 40 / Top 20 | 24 | Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010, #21)
Top 40 / Top 30 | 11 | Burundi Steiphenson Black - Burundi Black (1971, #31); Ken Dodd - Happiness (1964, #31)

Top 20 / Top 10 | 17 | Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree (2020, #12)

(years in brackets indicate first weeks on chart)

+ most recent week at date last updated
Last updated w/e 04/01/24

Posted by: Bumblebrë 11th August 2022, 10:59 PM

That's cool that Mumford & Sons have two of those records with two different songs.

Posted by: WaspBrë 30th October 2022, 11:02 PM

I was actually just about to post in the top 100 thread this week asking if 'most weeks in the top 100 without making the top 75' was one of the many records you'd worked out but thought I'd dig out this thread to answer that myself first - and I see you've beaten me to it in noticing MEDUZA et al.'s 'Bad Memories' with its now record matching run that you already quietly edited in here

It's a shame that song never took off more as I think it's my favourite thing they've released to date but I'll take this obscure record match as a consolation.

Posted by: jimwatts 30th December 2022, 08:58 PM

Amongst other updates this week, Justin Bieber - Mistletoe equals the record of 34 weeks in the Top 75 without reaching the Top 20.

Posted by: Brer 31st December 2022, 12:51 AM

Oh that having such a lengthy run for a non top 20 hit went under the radar a bit. (Not unthinkable that it could eventually make the top 20 if it wins the playlist lottery since it is a fairly consistent annual top 40 visitor now but let's hope not as it's a bit crap).

Posted by: jimwatts 26th May 2023, 11:09 PM

Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over has, for now, matched the above record of 34 weeks Top 75.

Since my last post in this thread, I've noticed that Mumford & Sons didn't actually hold the records of most weeks in the Top 100 without reaching either the Top 20 or Top 30, with Little Lion Man and The Cave respectively, because Oasis - Supersonic had set both a higher bar of 60 weeks, amassed entirely in the 1990s.

Posted by: Maestro 7th July 2023, 10:36 PM

Worth noting that ACR pending (either due to declines or OCC intervention) Heat Waves is only 2 weeks behind My Way in terms of top 40 weeks, the most for a non-Christmas song. Although if Heat Waves doesn’t get there, I expect As It Was will

Posted by: jimwatts 30th December 2023, 10:48 AM

Alongside numerous updates this week, Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree now has the most weeks (17) in the Top 20 without reaching the Top 10. At the start of this month the record belonged to Idina Menzel - Let It Go with 16, then Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me got up to 18 before finally going Top 10 this week.

Posted by: Brer 31st December 2023, 09:19 PM

If Ari could do it eventually I'm sure Kelly will too one of these years!

Posted by: Maestro 26th March 2024, 12:24 PM

Bumping this as it hasn’t been updated in a while