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 Dec 26 2015, 10:47 PM
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Here is a list of songs which have reached #1 despite being over a year old when they did so. Note that the song need not have charted (or even been released originally). Obviously it can be difficult to ascertain the exact age of a song (i.e. when it was recorded).
Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock Jim Reeves - Distant Drums Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man David Bowie - Space Oddity John Lennon - Imagine Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life Charlene - I've Never Been To Me Irene Cara - Fame Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite Ben E King - Stand By Me Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother Steve Miller Band - The Joker Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody*^ Bluebells - Young At Heart Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own $ D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better $ Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy $ Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle Sonique - It Feels So Good $ George Harrison - My Sweet Lord* Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation $ Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules - Mad World Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock* Elvis Presley - One Night / I Got Stung* Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never* Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name PJ & Duncan - Let's Get Ready To Rhumble Icona Pop ft Charli XCX - I Love It Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C OMI - Cheerleader $ Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir - A Bridge Over You * = song also reached #1 on original released ^ = song was a double A-side with a new song when re-issued $ = chart-topping was largely due to a 'new' remix There may be some that I am missing. This post has been edited by paulgilb: Dec 27 2015, 12:37 PM |
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Dec 26 2015, 10:50 PM
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Bing Cosby White Christmas is surely one?
EDIT didn't reach no1 only top 5 in 1977 This post has been edited by Christmaseve201: Dec 26 2015, 10:51 PM |
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Dec 26 2015, 11:17 PM
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Sam Smith - Lay Me Down is another one (reached number one due to the John Legend remix)
Also I think Icona Pop - I Love It was a year old when it entered at number one |
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Dec 27 2015, 12:01 AM
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Let Me Be Your Fantasy wasn't a remix, was it? The 1994 radio edit was just the '92 original with a bit in the middle snipped out.
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Dec 27 2015, 12:12 AM
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Are You With Me? by Lost Frequencies is one too I believe. The original was recorded by Easton Corbin in 2012.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCyl_tIJDE Also Prayer In C, it was originally released in 2010 on the Prick/Lilywood's album I think, before being remixed by Robin Schulz. This post has been edited by mdh32: Dec 27 2015, 12:14 AM |
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Dec 27 2015, 08:44 AM
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Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette is another.
No.1 in May 1975 but originally recorded and released in 1968. Charted in US that year. |
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Dec 27 2015, 08:59 AM
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Olive - You're not alone
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Dec 27 2015, 09:42 AM
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Livin' Joy - Dreamer
Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big) Culture Beat - Mr Vain Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo I'm sure there's dozens more |
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Dec 27 2015, 10:20 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Candle in the wind
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Dec 27 2015, 10:24 AM
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Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life
Originally released as a single in 1975, no.1 six years later |
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Dec 27 2015, 10:32 AM
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Gary Jules Mad World was first recorded for the Donnie Darko movie in 2001 and became the Xmas #1 a couple years later
Freddie Mercury . Living on my own not sure about Cornershop - Brimful of Asha also many 90s dance tracks, I believe King of My Castle for instance |
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Dec 27 2015, 11:27 AM
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Yes, Brimful Of Asha is another song that benefitted from a remix, by Norman Cook in thus instance. The original is far more basic and stripped-down.
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Dec 27 2015, 11:36 AM
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Florence + The Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) is another. It appeared on her 2011 album and reached #1 due to the Calvin Harris remix
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Dec 27 2015, 11:43 AM
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Pet Shop Boys' West End Girls was a hit a year or so after its original release.
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Dec 27 2015, 11:52 AM
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QUOTE(ChartFreak @ Dec 27 2015, 09:42 AM)  Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big) The remix was released in July 1996 so it was less than a year old when it hit number 1 in Jan 1997. |
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Dec 27 2015, 11:57 AM
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I Heard It Through The Grapevine was recorded in 1967, Tears Of A Clown 1968 or so, I've Never Been To Me was also old I think by the time it charted, all Motown.
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Dec 27 2015, 12:37 PM
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Thanks for these - have updated the first post.
Some of the tracks that reached #1 on re-issue (Dreamer, Professional Widow, Brimful Of Asha, Don't Call Me Baby etc) reached #1 less than a year after their first release - these may or may not have been recorded more than a year before they topped the chart. I have excluded complete re-recordings e.g. Candle In The Wind '97, Lay Me Down (which in the download era at least would be considered separate from the original recordings). I have not included Are You With Me as it is a Lost Frequencies track that samples the Easton Corbin track, as opposed to a re-mix of the Easton Corbin track. |
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Dec 27 2015, 03:41 PM
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Professional Widow (the remix) certainly did not exist a year before it hit number 1 because the original hadn't even been released on its parent album a year before it hit number 1.
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Dec 28 2015, 10:02 AM
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QUOTE(mdh32 @ Dec 27 2015, 12:12 AM) Are You With Me? by Lost Frequencies is one too I believe. The original was recorded by Easton Corbin in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCyl_tIJDE Also Prayer In C, it was originally released in 2010 on the Prick/Lilywood's album I think, before being remixed by Robin Schulz. Easton doesn't sing on the Lost Frequencies version though so it's just a cover |
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Dec 28 2015, 10:03 AM
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Can't find any more #1s.. Michael Jackson's Give In To Me got to #2 over a year after the album was released but there's probably loads like that
This post has been edited by AcerBen: Dec 28 2015, 10:07 AM |
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