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Posted by: chartjack2 8th December 2020, 08:47 PM

Any corrections and/or additions more than welcome

1. 37 years - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
2. 36 years - Last Christmas (Wham!)
3. 34 years - Is This the Way to Amarillo (Tony Christie)
4. 30 years - Reet Petite (Jackie Wilson)
5. 26 years - All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey)
6. 25 years - Stand by Me (Ben E King)
7. 25 years - Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
8. 19 years - He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (The Hollies)
9. 19 years - Let’s Get Ready to Rhumble (PJ & Duncan)
10. 17 years - The Joker (Steve Miller Band)
11. 17 years - Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine)
12. 10 years - Suicide Is Painless (MASH)
13. 10 years - Imagine (John Lennon)
14. 9 years - Should I Stay Or Should I Go (The Clash)
15. 9 years - Young at Heart (The Bluebells)
16. 9 years - Mysterious Girl (Peter Andre)
17. 7 years - Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me (The Tams)
18. 7 years - Stand by Your Man (Tammy Wynette)
19. 6 years - Space Oddity (David Bowie)

Posted by: Bjork 8th December 2020, 08:54 PM

Proclaimers - 500 Miles?

was the Elvis song released in the UK? I thought it had never been released in the UK

Posted by: jimwatts 8th December 2020, 09:16 PM

A Little Less Conversation didn't chart in the UK until 2002.

Stand By Me took 25 years 8 months from first charting in 1961 to reaching #1 in 1987, so that just leaves Reet Petite with a longer wait than the 26 years AIWFCIY would have. If either Last Christmas or (less likely) Fairytale Of New York ever get there, they would beat that.

Posted by: BillyH 8th December 2020, 09:43 PM

I wouldn't count any of these as they charted via new remixes - one very subtle (Are You Ready for Love) and the others completely different from the original. A Little Less Conversation was a new remix credited to Junkie XL, It's Like That was a radical rework by Jason Nevins and Living On My Own was a new Eurodance remake by the No More Brothers.

Posted by: Bjork 8th December 2020, 10:09 PM

^well, if you're strict about the credits, then the 2005 version of Is this the way to Amarillo shouldn't count as it's credited to TONY CHRISTIE FT PETER KAY

Posted by: chartjack2 8th December 2020, 10:09 PM

Edited Any more suggestions - I think the cut off should be 5 years - The Proclaimers I think was a re-recording.

Posted by: chartjack2 8th December 2020, 10:10 PM

I thought about Amarillo but it’s exactly the same track

Posted by: Golden45 8th December 2020, 10:16 PM

Think Amarillo should be at the top as it is exactly the same recording as the original, despite the Peter Kay credit. It is also 34 years, not 24 years - 1971 original - 2005 finally made No. 1 :-)

Posted by: chartjack2 8th December 2020, 10:19 PM

My mistake - basic maths fail haha!

Posted by: jimwatts 8th December 2020, 10:19 PM

Hadn't spotted that earlier. Wham! could still beat that if they get there.

Posted by: Christmasteve201 8th December 2020, 11:18 PM

Do you think Wham will? It seems so be always a similar amount behind on daily streams each year, quite frustrating

Posted by: DanChartFan 11th December 2020, 08:09 AM

I think Wham! could well do it eventually, and if they do it could then pave the way for the Pogues to finally make it another week or year, although the ship is just starting to sail, sadly, for the Pogues in terms of its popularity, so perhaps by the time Wham! do eventually manage it (if such happens) it might be too late for the Pogues to then follow suit.

Posted by: Bjork 11th December 2020, 08:13 AM

I think for the Pogues it will be extremely difficult as they're not well placed on Spotify playlists

Posted by: Christmasteve201 11th December 2020, 12:55 PM

Yeh I agree regarding the Pogues. Think they are punching above their weight as the saying goes considering their playlist position. if they were number one their streams would get a boost.

Posted by: CHRIS-TMAS 11th December 2020, 05:37 PM

Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette needs to go above Bowie as it was released in 1968 and hit No.1 in May 1975.

Posted by: chartjack2 11th December 2020, 05:52 PM

Edited

Posted by: CHRIS-TMAS 12th December 2020, 02:56 PM

Thanks.

Posted by: Liam.k. 12th December 2020, 04:55 PM

The record has been confirmed by the OCC:

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Posted by: chartjack2 1st January 2021, 05:56 PM

Edited xx

Posted by: Scene 2nd January 2021, 11:35 AM

Amazing achievement for Wham! Shame George isn't alive to see it finally get to the top. I wonder how long they will hold the record for.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 2nd January 2021, 02:19 PM

honourable mentions to Glenn Miller's In The Mood (50 years) for being sampled in Jive Bunny's Swing The Mood along with a bunch of 50's tracks, and Mint Royale's remix of Singing In The Rain by Gene Kelly (56 years)...

Posted by: common sense 2nd January 2021, 07:11 PM

Of course In The Mood charted in 1976 as part of a Glenn Miller EP with Moonlight Seranade and Little Brown Jug.

Posted by: chartjack2 13th June 2022, 05:30 PM

Just leaving a placeholder post here for no particular reason….

Also, if there are any errors in the OP, please comment ofc

Posted by: AcerBen 13th June 2022, 05:46 PM

If you wanted to be really pedantic, Wham! doesn't count because Last Christmas wasn't a stand alone single until later on. It was a double-a-side with Everything She Wants originally. So I guess you can say it's the biggest gap for a song/record/track, but not a single.

Posted by: chartjack2 13th June 2022, 05:53 PM

Haha I would have been so disappointed if nobody had pulled me up on something xx

I don’t know how to change the thread title though - doesn’t seem right to relegate Wham to 13 years (or whenever the download was released)

Posted by: Brer 13th June 2022, 06:04 PM

I was about to make a smartarse comment about how the OCC website isn't tying Kate's current run to the original 1985 run, instead listing it as having entered in 2012 and previously peaked at #6 meaning it would """technically""" only have waited 10 years for #1, however it appears they've now fixed that to ruin my fun

(was just wondering if I'd imagined that but I do see a comment under the chart from the week before last pointing out that they mistakenly listed the song's peak as #6)

Posted by: chartjack2 17th June 2022, 04:47 PM

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