July 20, 201014 yr Frankie Laine's I Believe was #1 in its 22nd (and 23rd) weeks on the chart. 11-8-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-... touché. As I was told said "fact", I didn't go around checking all the other number 1s - I clearly should have done so before stating such an error. Thanks.
July 20, 201014 yr Good Charlotte's 'Lifestyles'...: 13-20-8, very unusual in 2003. Another one in '03 was Sean Paul's Get Busy: 7 weeks top 20 (6 top 10?) then left the 40, presumably due to deletion.
July 20, 201014 yr This is All That You Can't Leave By U2 Australian chart run- 1-1-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-6 9-12-15-13-14-14-9-8-7-8- 6-6-6-5-9-12-16-18-24-25 29-27-29-30-27-28-27-33-29-38 36-39-43-47-46-48-out-out-out-33 Uk chart run- 1-4-10-20-25-26-28(DP)-29-29-23 17-12-12-7-7-8-10-3-6-8 12-14-23-30-39-41-49-54-65-60 53-47-47-58-65-56(TP)-47-37-30-23 22-15-16-23-34-42-53-66-83-76 Edited July 20, 201014 yr by Brad2k88
July 20, 201014 yr Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love 97-65-49-51-45-44-47-46-44-43-47-49-42-36-15-2-1-1-1-1-1... Not quite as long as Celine Dion (or is it about the same?), but it's bizarre how she seemed to stall in the 40s for weeks only to shoot up. Did she get some huge promotional boost or something akin to an X Factor performance in the 1980s?! The first 6 weeks of Various Artists - Perfect Day 1-1-2-2-3-3 Unfortunately it was ruined when it went back to #1 the next week, only to drop to #4 the week after! If only it was #4 instead of #1... On an albums standpoint, certain ones from 50s and 60s albums surely win here. In particular The Sound of Music and South Pacific OSTs. Can't be bothered to post them here, too long and would probably mash my brain trying to get the weeks right. Does anyone know of a song that, while being on the chart for a decent amount of time (ie. not 31-63-OUT or something) only charted at even or odd numbers? Surely statistically there's a chance of something like this happening at least once in the almost 60 year history of the charts. :lol: Edited July 20, 201014 yr by superbossanova
July 20, 201014 yr Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love 97-65-49-51-45-44-47-46-44-43-47-49-42-36-15-2-1-1-1-1-1... Not quite as long as Celine Dion (or is it about the same?), but it's bizarre how she seemed to stall in the 40s for weeks only to shoot up. Did she get some huge promotional boost or something akin to an X Factor performance in the 1980s?! Things were different in the 80s. Singles would be in the shops before any promotion would start and promotion might only start if a song enters the Top 40. Radio 1 might not play a track until it enters the Top 40 and then when it does many more people hear it and go out and buy it. Even tracks from established artists started their chart run outside the Top 40 because distribution meant that singles didn't reach all shops on the same Monday/week. Sometimes there were no release dates, as such and sometimes you didn't know a track had been released until you actually found it in your record store.
July 20, 201014 yr Another one :kink: Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name (2009/10 run) 80-1-2-40-100-x
July 20, 201014 yr Hehe :kink: Mraz's top 100 run to date, for reference: 78-71-61-55-82-61-34-28-22-11-14-14-21-21-25-30-36-35-32-25-28-32-32-35-32-35-34-35-37-39-35-44-47-47-50-51-48-46-53-57-51-27-46-48-55-30-40-39-48- 57-64-72-90-100-x(3)-78-85-99-95-52-72-67-60-70-78-85-86-89-98-91-84-x(2)-82-86-x(5)-96-86-85-97-… [still on chart] Vidcapper, anything you can add to that to fill in the missing 14 (according to the OCC's website) weeks? ;o 10 weeks are gaps between its 4 top 100 runs, I assume it amassed 4 weeks top 200 before breaking the top 100 Well, it first charted on 24/5/08 at 139, then a 22 week gap, then #195 on 1/11, then a 2 week gap, then 101, 120, 78, 71, 61 etc... The 3 week gap : 109, 123, 112 The 2 week gap : 104, 102 The 5 week gap : 109 , 114, 111, 117, 107
July 20, 201014 yr Robbie Williams - Angels 7-5-7-6-7-6-9-7-6-7-4-9-12-15-21-23-32-43-58-71-57-57-62-73-75-75-71-96 A total of five weeks at number seven but none of them consecutive and a peak three positions higher than the entry position in its 11th week
July 20, 201014 yr Nov/Dec 97 was a great time for sales. Christmas week the number 5 single sold over 100,000. Edited July 20, 201014 yr by tonyttt31
July 20, 201014 yr Michael Jackson: You Are Not Alone: 1-2-3-4-5-7-9-13.... Dido - White Flag did the same, but instead retreating from #2: 2-2-3-4-5-6-12... Another interesting one (plus a great song) is Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine: 2-3-9-10-11-9-8-13-13-13-17-16-15-16-23... Typical 90s chart run for the first few weeks, then 12 weeks of bouncing between #8 and #17. Incredibly rare at the time. Lastly, another interesting 90s #2 chart run would be East 17 feat. Gabrielle - If You Ever: 2-3-3-8-10-10-13-16-16... :lol: Things were different in the 80s. Singles would be in the shops before any promotion would start and promotion might only start if a song enters the Top 40. Radio 1 might not play a track until it enters the Top 40 and then when it does many more people hear it and go out and buy it. Even tracks from established artists started their chart run outside the Top 40 because distribution meant that singles didn't reach all shops on the same Monday/week. Sometimes there were no release dates, as such and sometimes you didn't know a track had been released until you actually found it in your record store. Thanks for the context. Still, I don't think many 80s #1s took as long to pick up support as Jennifer Rush did. Makes for an interesting chart run all the same. Edited July 20, 201014 yr by superbossanova
July 20, 201014 yr Everything But The Girl Missing {1995} 8-6-6-4-{3}-3-4-4-5-5-5-4-5-8-14-20-24-33-34-45-61-68->22 These chart runs from the CD era between the mid 90s and mid 00s were truly unique, and were way more interesting to look at than the boring uber-long chart runs from the download era imo. Those just became uninteresting after a while.
July 20, 201014 yr 1-1-1-2-2-4-4-5-11-13-13-17-14-15-21-12-11-12-14-19-18-23-19-14-16-22-23-29-31-27-30-29-37-40-39-47-53-52-60-54-50-68-95-86-74-70-61-51- 45-49-33-6-11-18-16-16-16-21-26-31-39-43-45-53-62-57-66-55-30-38-51-60-56-57-61-68-66-70-74-71-68-84-66-73-87-84-89-87-99-106-93-91-91-94-87-84-90-... [still on chart] Sex On Fire's full run. :D
July 21, 201014 yr Robbie Williams - Angels 7-5-7-6-7-6-9-7-6-7-4-9-12-15-21-23-32-43-58-71-57-57-62-73-75-75-71-96 A total of five weeks at number seven but none of them consecutive and a peak three positions higher than the entry position in its 11th week If only it'd had another week then 6weeksatnumber7 would have had a "valid" username :) 1-1-1-2-2-4-4-5-11-13-13-17-14-15-21-12-11-12-14-19-18-23-19-14-16-22-23-29-31-27-30-29-37-40-39-47-53-52-60-54-50-68-95-86-74-70-61-51-45-49-33-6-11-18-16-16-16-21-26-31-39-43-45-53-62-57-66-55-30-38-51-60-56-57-61-68-66-70-74-71-68-84-66-73-87-84-89-87-99-106-93-91-91-94-87-84-90-... [still on chart] Sex On Fire's full run. :D The only thing surprising about that is that it took until page 5 for you to post it ;) :P
July 21, 201014 yr Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood Week Position 12/11/1983 77 19/11/1983 77 26/11/1983 67 03/12/1983 55 10/12/1983 54 17/12/1983 55 24/12/1983 46 31/12/1983 46 07/01/1984 35 14/01/1984 6 21/01/1984 2 28/01/1984 1 04/02/1984 1 11/02/1984 1 18/02/1984 1 25/02/1984 1 03/03/1984 2 10/03/1984 3 17/03/1984 6 24/03/1984 16 31/03/1984 21 07/04/1984 23 14/04/1984 21 21/04/1984 29 28/04/1984 29 05/05/1984 31 12/05/1984 26 19/05/1984 24 26/05/1984 21 02/06/1984 17 09/06/1984 16 16/06/1984 11 23/06/1984 5 30/06/1984 3 07/07/1984 2 14/07/1984 2 21/07/1984 3 28/07/1984 3 04/08/1984 3 11/08/1984 6 18/08/1984 7 25/08/1984 12 01/09/1984 20 08/09/1984 22 15/09/1984 29 22/09/1984 41 29/09/1984 47 06/10/1984 50 13/10/1984 66 20/10/1984 71 15/12/1984 93 22/12/1984 87 29/12/1984 89 05/01/1985 79 16/02/1985 68 23/02/1985 58 02/03/1985 64 09/03/1985 74 23/03/1985 91 30/03/1985 96 06/04/1985 86 13/04/1985 83 20/04/1985 89 Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jnr Week Position 25/08/1984 56 01/09/1984 18 08/09/1984 6 15/09/1984 3 22/09/1984 2 29/09/1984 2 06/10/1984 2 13/10/1984 4 20/10/1984 8 27/10/1984 14 03/11/1984 19 10/11/1984 27 17/11/1984 32 24/11/1984 46 01/12/1984 46 08/12/1984 43 15/12/1984 33 22/12/1984 15 29/12/1984 7 05/01/1985 6 12/01/1985 8 19/01/1985 7 26/01/1985 16 02/02/1985 20 09/02/1985 26 16/02/1985 32 23/02/1985 35 02/03/1985 31 09/03/1985 50 16/03/1985 60 23/03/1985 71
July 21, 201014 yr You'd wonder who was buying Relax in July 84 that didn't bother buying it in Jan 84....Were there really that many people that took so long to get to like it?
July 21, 201014 yr It started selling again when Two Tribes entered the chart. There was a lot of hype around FGTH at the time so some people probably did hear Relax for the first time.
July 21, 201014 yr What was number 1 when Ghostbusters was number 2? Must have been a big seller. Ghostbusters was No.2 for 3 consecutive weeks and each week I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder was No.1. Was a million-seller too.
July 21, 201014 yr Ghostbusters was No.2 for 3 consecutive weeks and each week I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder was No.1. Was a million-seller too. Thanks.
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