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Posted by: Suedehead2 8th January 2016, 05:37 PM

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Posted by: SKOB 11th January 2016, 06:02 AM

Don't know where to ask this question so ask it here.. WDYM has been in top ten for 19 weeks. What is the record of longest stay?

Posted by: fchd 11th January 2016, 08:33 AM

As always with "consecutive" weeks queries, I'm not quite 100% sure of my methodology, but I think the list goes something like this


Frankie Laine - I Believe - Run of 35 consecutive weeks from w/e 11/04/1953

Doris Day - Secret Love - Run of 27 consecutive weeks from w/e 03/04/1954

Frank Chacksfield - Terry's Theme (Theme From "Limelight") - Run of 23 consecutive weeks from w/e 23/05/1953

Mario Lanza - Because You're Mine - Run of 22 consecutive weeks from w/e 22/11/1952
Obernkirchen Children's Choir - The Happy Wanderer - Run of 22 consecutive weeks from w/e 23/01/1954

Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Run of 21 consecutive weeks from w/e 29/06/1991
Beatles - She Loves You - Run of 21 consecutive weeks from w/e 07/09/1963
Mantovani - The Song From The Moulin Rouge - Run of 21 consecutive weeks from w/e 30/05/1953

Eddie Calvert - Oh Mein Papa - Run of 20 consecutive weeks from w/e 19/12/1953
Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot - Run of 20 consecutive weeks from w/e 03/07/1954
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud - Run of 20 consecutive weeks from w/e 18/10/2014
Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around - Run of 20 consecutive weeks from w/e 21/05/1994
Pharrell Williams - Happy - Run of 20 consecutive weeks from w/e 21/12/2013

Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean - Run of 19 consecutive weeks from w/e 10/09/2015
Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly - True Love - Run of 19 consecutive weeks from w/e 08/12/1956
David Whitfield with Mantovani and His Orchestra - Cara Mia - Run of 19 consecutive weeks from w/e 19/06/1954

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Posted by: SKOB 11th January 2016, 09:39 AM

Great, thank you very much! Putting this info into my blog

Posted by: Suedehead2 11th January 2016, 11:38 AM

I suspect it might be mentioned in my commentary on Friday

Posted by: Dobbo 11th January 2016, 09:44 PM

So Justin will easily surpass the 21st century record and should at least be third all time at this rate!

Could well see his other #1s joining it too

Posted by: fchd 11th January 2016, 11:46 PM

Not necessarily, we've yet to see how long the Bowie records last as potential Top 10 candidates. It's not out of the question that "What Do You Mean" could drop out of the Top 10 this Friday.