I didn't pay attention to the charts as much in 2006, so can someone tell me what this deletion rule was? :o

 

I'm not sure but i'm sure that Gnarls Barkley wanted to have 'Crazy' deleted since they didn't want the public to get bored of the song.

 

Or was that just a rumour? :unsure:

Daughtry - What About Now

 

Débuted at #79 after being used on Britain's Got Talent.

Re-entered at #43 after being used on the X Factor for the first time.

Re-entered again at #39 after being used on the X Factor for the second time.

Bizarrely shot all the way up to #11 after being for for a third time on X Factor (also went top 10 on iTunes)

Plummetted -24-68-

Shot back up to #39 after its fourth and final use on The X Factor

Plummetted again, -65-93-x

 

Full run:

 

79-x(12)-43-x(4)-39-11-24-68-39-65-93-x

 

Very yo-yoey thanks to gratuitous talent show usage.

 

-x-

 

Also an excerpt from Sex On Fire's run:

 

...-95-86-74-70-61-51-45-49-33-6-11-18-16-16-16-...

 

Returning to the top 10 almost exactly a year after its initial release, also due to X Factor (plus Reading + Leeds Festival helped too).

 

A pretty spectacular recovery from falling out of the top 75 for the first time.

 

-x-

 

Also this:

 

84-92-84-x

 

Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse - Pure Imagination.

 

I'll stop now, but I could go on a bit here :kink:

Edited July 19, 201014 yr by Bray Doolittle

Correct me if I'm wrong but there was a rule that single was deleted if there wasn't physical release in stock anymore. The physical release of Crazy was taken out from the shops and two weeks after the single was ineligible to chart.

 

The physical release was also a must if the single was able to chart in the first place although Crazy went to no. 1 on downloads only.

The ultimate chart run belongs to Frank Sinatra 'My Way':

 

50-43-23-17-16-9-6-6-{5}-5-7-7-21-20-27-28-31-43-26-41-50-33-40-33-38-39-35-45-38-31-42-44-48-49-49-48-46-49-42-42-37-50-49R(2)-49R(4)-30-32-30-40-43R(2)

-40-38-33-44-43-42-45-41-42R(3)-41-43-45-48-35-45-37-44-49-49-42-44-36-30-40-30-28-28-34-35-33R(2)-25-24-26-26-18-31-21-23-24-29-29-31-32-31-28-37R(2)-22-

25-26-23-33-38-31-45-44-39-41-35-36-36-39-40-38-45-49R(5)-46-42-43-39-39-42-50-50R(10)->122

Correct me if I'm wrong but there was a rule that single was deleted if there wasn't physical release in stock anymore. The physical release of Crazy was taken out from the shops and two weeks after the single was ineligible to chart.

 

The physical release was also a must if the single was able to chart in the first place although Crazy went to no. 1 on downloads only.

 

The UK chart rules in 2006 were a complete and utter joke making a mockery of the UK charts. You're absolutely spot on with that - 'Crazy' became the first song to debut at no. 1 on downloads, but sadly became the first single to suffer deletion of the physical meaning the track initially went:

 

{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-5-

 

...before recharting in January 2007 (when the chart rules rapidly improved) and went 30R(30)-51-49-54-66-66R(2)-67->18

 

To think 'Crazy' lost 30 weeks in the UK top 75 purely because of such a crap chart rule is shameful. -_-

Edited July 19, 201014 yr by Hitstastic

Why did Gnarls Barkley - Crazy get deleted? And Man Eater? :unsure:

Why did Gnarls Barkley - Crazy get deleted? And Man Eater? :unsure:

 

Because the record company deleted the physical cd single. For some bizarre reason the chart rules in 2006 stated that two weeks after a cd single was deleted, a track could no longer chart even though (as proved with 'Crazy', 'Maneater' and 'Chasing Cars') the songs were still selling really week weeks after deletion on just download sales. Compete mockery of the UK charts.

Edited July 19, 201014 yr by Hitstastic

Rihanna - Umbrella

 

{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-7-13-15-16-21-25-25-30-32-34-36-33-35-36-38-41-46-50-38-38-18-18-27-34-35-38-46-47-44-42-52-52-59-63-75-73R(6)-73-74-75->51

 

The Veronicas - Untouched

 

{8}-9-9-10-10-11-14-20-27-26-34-44-56-54-53-68-73-71R(2)-71R(2)->19

 

Hovering at quite a low peak for so long is really odd!

 

M.I.A. - Paper Planes

 

69-37-23-{19}-21-21-20-30-42-55-60-54R(9)-46-43-45-33-34-28-37-46-45-55-61-67-70-73-71-61R(37)->28

 

^ Same applies to that one.

 

The Saturdays - Up

 

{5}-6-7-13-18-22-26-29-35-45-35-29-32-33-32-37-37-27-40-36-45-48-52-45-43-64-73-65R(2)-70-75->30

 

Up and down...

Why did Gnarls Barkley - Crazy get deleted? And Man Eater? :unsure:

The normal reason for deleting a single was usually to get it out of the charts so the record company could move on to promoting the next single. Since the rules were changed we've seen many examples of a follow-up single entering and leaving the charts leaving the earlier single still in the charts. Or even the follow-up not charting at all because people were still buying the earlier one.

Because the record company deleted the physical cd single. For some bizarre reason the chart rules in 2006 stated that two weeks after a cd single was deleted, a track could no longer chart even though (as proved with 'Crazy', 'Maneater' and 'Chasing Cars') the songs were still selling really week weeks after deletion on just download sales. Compete mockery of the UK charts.

 

Odd isn't it, didn't they have some stupid rule that downloads were only included one week prior to physical release?!

 

If that rule had stayed, the entire chart would be made up of new entries every week haha

Numb/Encore had an interesting chart run spending 3 months moving between numbers 14 to 19:

 

14-18-19-19-18-17-16-17-14-17-18-14-17-21-25-30-37-40-50-54-63-63-73

 

It then returned to the top 75 a further 8 times with a total of 43 top 75 weeks. Its top 40 run was in the last few months of the chart before download sales were included.

Numb/Encore had an interesting chart run spending 3 months moving between numbers 14 to 19:

 

14-18-19-19-18-17-16-17-14-17-18-14-17-21-25-30-37-40-50-54-63-63-73

 

It then returned to the top 75 a further 8 times with a total of 43 top 75 weeks. Its top 40 run was in the last few months of the chart before download sales were included.

 

I was just about to mention this! :o went to #1 in Ireland and its parent album was #1 in the US but it was very much a slow burner over here. Crazy to think that at the time when sales were at an all time low (2004-5) this became the biggest selling non-top 10 single of all time. I'd be fascinated to know the total sales for "Collision Course" as well, its chart run was as follows:

 

38-44-46-41-21-24-16-15-18-25-33-40-49-63-70-75

Elbow 'One Day Like This'

 

20 weeks top 75, just 5 top 40 and on 4 seperate occasions....

 

39-44-63-50R(2)-62-{35}R(9)-48-39-52-70-75-70R(2)-48R(14)-70-35-40-62-68-74-74R(23)->20

 

 

Drake - Forever - 13 weeks in top 75 but never reached higher than 42

 

43-58-45-49-42-42-50-54-51-56-71-73

Edited July 19, 201014 yr by SoManyOstriches

The Killers' Mr. Brightside has 71 weeks top 100, but only 3 in the top 40.

Heres another one, the longest running number 2 and second best selling, Stranger On The Shore by Mr Acker Bilk

 

32-16-14-6-6-8-{2}-2-2-5-8-7-12-11-13-8-8-7-6-7-13-12-10-15-13-12-11-12-11-11-9-9-17-19-18-20-19-18-22-23-27-30-32-31-38-47-39-35-40-33-31-45-39-43-37->55

 

55 consecutive weeks top 40! :o

Edited July 19, 201014 yr by chart wizard

A few interesting ones, Especially Lonestar as that was purely CD sales as it was released before the inclusion of downloads -

 

Lonestar - Amazed:

 

24-23-30-36-32-30-28-26-21-23-22-22-21-26-30-35-37-42-51-57-64-73 [Peak #21 - 22 Weeks]

 

Nickelback - Rockstar:

 

64-58-45-34-20-21-19-22-25-25-15-8-4-6-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-7-10-13-16-14-14-21-25-26-31-33-31-34-40-56-64-70-66-55-27-31-29-33-37-52-66-75 [Peak #2 - 50 Weeks]

 

 

At few times when I'm bored, I check chart runs of random popular acts' albums. :lol:

 

The last album I remember I was surprised at was Mark Ronson's cover album 'Version'. Didn't realise it was that huge. :lol:

Garbage - Shut Your Mouth

 

20 - Out :cry:

Also a mention to the Eurythmics - not a chart run, but chart placings - Apart from #7 they have peaked at every spot between #1 and #12 with only one single. Quite a rare feat i'd imagine.

 

#1 - There Must be an Angel

#2 - Sweet Dreams

#3 - Who's That Girl

#4 - Sexcrime

#5 - Thorn in My Side

#6 - Love is a Stranger

#8 - Here Comes the Rain Again

#9 - Sisters are doing it for themselves

#10 - Right By Your Side

# 11 - I Saved the World Today

# 12 - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)

 

P!nk only needs a #8 to bag the whole top 12.

 

50 Cent's In Da Club was interesting, it debuted at 4 then went down to 9 before steadily climbing to 3 and staying top 40 for 21 weeks (its top 20 was something like 4-9-8-6-5-3-3-5-7-12-12-16-20-20, maybe?)

 

EDIT: 11-20 bit was way out!

 

4-9-8-5-{3}-3-5-7-8-11-13-12-16-20-22-22-23-28-31-30-35-45-56-66->24

 

It only sold something like 290,000 that year (2003); I imagine it'd be on about 2.5x that these days if not more.

 

Gorillaz' Clint Eastwood went 4-5-6-4-5-6-9-9 IIRC.

 

About those deletions back in 2006 - I thought they were rather stupid but it was actually kinda pleasing not to have the same big songs clogging up the chart all the year. Not just Gnarls and Nelly but Snow Patrol, etc...

Edited July 19, 201014 yr by John_Squire