What's your largest amount of Weeks it's taken for a Song to reach it's peak?

(not including songs re-entering higher than previously).

Peaked 12th week:

OneRepublic - All The Right Moves [22-24-23-23-28-22-14-17-15-15-13-08-09-10-11-22-25-30]

 

Peaked 8th week:

The Saturdays - Ego [25-17-13-14-06-04-03-02-04-14-27]

Edited June 13, 201015 yr by Jamieed

For me...

 

The Veronicas - Untouched [19-13-12-12-19-14-14-19-19-21-26-18-14-11-10-10-8-15-23-34] - 17 Weeks to peak! :o

I think it's this?

 

Taylor Swift - Love Story [19-20-18-17-16-12-08-06-07-09-12-16]

 

It took 8 weeks. :o

8th // Inga & Ahush – Nor Par [Armenia 2009] ->22-21-24-29-37-36-36-03-03-05-20*->11

10th // Nelly Ciobanu - Hora Din Moldova [Moldova 2009] ->11-23-30-30-14-27-23-30-05-04-04-06-05-08-18*-39->16

9th and the longest of all number ones this year // Noa & Mira Awad – There Must Be Another Way [israel 2009] ->03-06-13-13-16-15-22-14-01-02-07-25*-32->13

9th Malena Ernman - La Voix [sweden 2009] ->38-30-39-31-38-39-37-32RE-11-12*-22-38->12

 

Eurovision makes wonders :kink:

 

I'm sure there are more cba to check more carefully. And of course there are LOADS from other years.

I *think* it would have to be Deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire - Ghosts 'N' Stuff (9 weeks, 12 if you count the three weeks of the instrumental version)

 

[02-02-11-xx] as instrumental

[05-15-13-20-03-02-02-02-01-05-08-22-] as vocal edit

not sure to be honest, here are two that took AGES though;

 

The Veronicas - Untouched: 44-43-41-25-15-10-15-24-39-OUT-50-36-36-24-17-17-26-31-46-OUT-50-25-16-13-13-10-5-3-6-11-15-24-41

 

Shakira feat Wyclef Jean - Hips don’t lie: CR-20-9-11-19-17-7-10-18-20-19-15-5-8-8-4-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-2-4-5-7-8-9-10-13-14-16-16-19-20

Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) 33 Weeks

 

19-27-32-39-50-28 Weeks Out-1-2-3-3-4-6-7-9-13-19-23-28-34-37-40-45-50-OUT

David Guetta feat. Rihanna - Who's That Chick? (peaked on the 11th week)

 

5-14-19-27-29-27-34-37-40-27-1-2-5-8-5

 

Avicii & Sebastian Drums - My Feelings For You (also peaked on the 11th week - but spent some time outside the chart)

 

28-29-37-x-15-14-9-7-5-15-3-2

 

And "My Feelings For You" could be a number one soon, that's if it beats Rihanna & Drake.

Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone peaked at #2 on its 25th week.

The Wanted - 'Lose My Mind' - 16-7-6-4-2-1- - 6wks

 

Mike Posner - 'Cooler Than Me' - 17-8-10-11-16-12-xx(6)-6-9-8-10-19 - 7wks if you don't count the six weeks it dropped out

 

Rihanna Ft. Drake - 'What's My Name?' - 13-15-x-x-6-5-4-1-3-4- - 8wks (including the two when it had dropped out)

Tinie Tempah Ft. Eric Turner - 'Written In The Stars' - 11-20-22-23-14-13-11-7-13-15-24 - 8wks

 

Usher Ft. Pitbull - 'DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love' - 4-18-21-20-12-15-10-2-1-1-8-15-23 - 9wks

 

Marina & The Diamonds - 'Hollywood' - 11-17-19-24-24-7-4-3-4-1-7-14-15-18-18-24-24 - 10wks

 

Owl City - 'Fireflies' - 2-7-6-9-8-7-13-12-8-9-10-1-6-10-13-21-25-25 - 12wks

 

There might be more, but I can't think what and I'm not going to spend ages checking.

Florence & The Machine - You've Got The Love peaked at #1 in its 10th week.

I think 13 weeks is my longest..

 

B.O.B FEAT. HAYLEY WILLIAMS · AIRPLANES · · · · 19-22-20-19-19-14-15-11-12-11-10-08-08-07-09-10-13-14-18-20-21-24-24-25-27-27-31-35-38-39-40 (31 wks)

 

Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down hit #1 in my chart in its fourteenth week in the top 40.

Kylie Minogue - Better Than Today peaked at #1 on its 8th week.

Brandon Flowers - Only The Young peaked at #2 on its 11th week.

I actually wrote this down as I thought it was unbelieveable.

 

My longest track to peak was Innerpartysystem - Die Tonight, Live Forever. It was had a remarkable chart run between October 2008 and April 2009, reaching its peak of #15 in Week 18 and still being there on Week 20, in an unbroken run that climbed at first, fell, and then reclimbed after Christmas. Only six songs have spent longer in the chart than this, and they all reached the top two.

 

72-44-40-37-37-36-34-34-33-36-44-56-70-66-48-32-19-15-15-15-18-26-38-48-63-77-90-99->28 wks

 

Needless to say, the follow up single Don't Stop had a much more regular chart run that peaked at #9.

 

I also have records for tracks that took ages to make #1. There are three that took 8 weeks apiece to reach the summit.

Gnarls Barkley / Crazy: 4-2-3-11-12-6-4-1-1-4-etc

Wiley / Wearing My Rolex: 15-6-3-5-4-3-2-1-1-3-etc

Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis / Just Dance: 13-6-4-4-3-3-2-1-1-1-3-etc

So far....

 

Pass Out - Tinie Tempah - 24-25-32-30-31-31-30-34-37-35-38-32-36-30-32-32-33-30-36-X-21 (20 WEEKS)

EDWARD MAYA FEAT. VIKA JIGULINA Stereo Love - 32-31-28-28-26-27-25-25-22-21-26-25-25-24-28-24-23-23-24-23-28-29-30-31-30-13-11-12-13-13-14-17

Wretch 32's Traktor peaked at #2 13 weeks after it entered, although it spent most of this outside my chart.

 

Not sure about unbroken runs, but Nero's Me And You peaked at #5 on its ninth week:

29-25-29-30-29-14-12-9-5-7-

That's probably the record I'd guess.

Paloma Faith - New York (12-14-03-07-05-04-06-06-12-17-17-20-xx(31)-23-08-05-03-01-02-10-19-32)

- 17 Weeks (!), though that's because when it was going to be released, I re-charted it.

 

Jay-Z ft. Mr Hudson - Young Forever (25-14-14-21-24-20-19-17-10-04-02-04-07-13-23-38)

- 11 Weeks! (without a re-release)

 

Rihanna ft. Drake - What's My Name? (32-24-20-19-18-14-13-10-13-06-??)

- 10 Weeks!

 

These should be the records on mine.

Looking at my current chart, here are my longest recent times:

 

Nero "Me And You" peaked on its 10th week at number 4 (7-8-13-15-14-18-17-6-5-4-5-10) (12 weeks)

Chase & Status "Blind Faith" peaked on its 6th week at number 2, excluding the weeks it was out for (33-x-34-8-9-5-4-2-3-8) (9 weeks)

Rihanna "S&M" peaked on its 6th week at number 1 (8-8-11-14-2-1-1-2-1) (9 weeks)