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.

 

Maybe also because there was a BBC ban on it at the time

 

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.

 

 

and it wasn't getting much airplay in Jan as it was banned on Radio 1 - had that changed by July, I wonder?

Another single that was banned by BBC.

Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus by Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg

The controversy was such that Philips withdrew it from the Fontana catalogue and was then taken up by Major Minor.

As there were still Fontana singles in the shops along with the Major Minor stock it made it so that for 2 weeks in October 1969 it was at 2 positions on the Top 50.

 

50-45-32-17-17-8-6-4-2-3 & 16-1 & 33-2-4-9-14-20-31-38-43-42-46-49-49 > 23 weeks

 

 

Also at the same time another banned single was Wet Dream by Max Romeo

This reggae single also had a weird chart run

 

46-41-45-32-32-34-33-21-36-15-30-10-13-18-20-18-26-26-33-30-32-35-34-43-ReEntry 3 weeks later at 50>25 weeks

Edited July 22, 201014 yr by euro music

and it wasn't getting much airplay in Jan as it was banned on Radio 1 - had that changed by July, I wonder?

I think the ban had been lifted by then. The BBC insist that there never was a formal ban but I don't think it was on TOTP even when it was number one.

I think the ban had been lifted by then. The BBC insist that there never was a formal ban but I don't think it was on TOTP even when it was number one.

Relax was featured on TOTP a few days before the Mike Read incident and then banned until later in the year. It next appeared in October 1984 on a TOTP special and then again on Christmas Day TOTP. Radio 1 played the record on its Top 40 countdown the week it entered at #35 but then didn't play it again on the weekly top 40 show throughout its entire run including the weeks it climbed back into the top 5. It did get played on the year end top 40 show on 30/12/84 though.

 

Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

 

#05 [04/12/94] W01

#02 [11/12/94] W02

#02 [18/12/94] W03

#02 [25/12/94] W04

#08 [01/01/95] W05

#28 [08/01/95] W06

#50 [15/01/95] W07

#77 [22/01/95] W08

#100 [29/01/95] W09

#97 [05/02/95] W10

#91 [12/02/95] W11

#106 [19/02/95] W12

#119 [26/02/95] W13

#59 [05/03/95] W14

#80 [12/03/95] W15

#76 [19/03/95] W16

#104 [26/03/95] W17

#177 [02/04/95] W18

[OUT]

#194 [07/01/07] W19

[OUT]

#163 [04/11/07] W20

#105 [11/11/07] W21

#78 [18/11/07] W22

#46 [25/11/07] W23

#23 [02/12/07] W24

#08 [09/12/07] W25

#04 [16/12/07] W26

#06 [23/12/07] W27

#20 [30/12/07] W28

[OUT]

#151 [02/11/08] W29

#104 [09/11/08] W30

#59 [16/11/08] W31

#45 [23/11/08] W32

#37 [30/11/08] W33

#17 [07/12/08] W34

#12 [14/12/08] W35

#17 [21/12/08] W36

#25 [28/12/08] W37

[OUT]

#171 [08/11/09] W38

#113 [15/11/09] W39

#77 [22/11/09] W40

#51 [29/11/09] W41

#29 [06/12/09] W42

#19 [13/12/09] W43

#21 [20/12/09] W44

#18 [27/12/09] W45

[OUT]

 

Seems a few people continued to feel festive during the first quarter of 1995! :P

I think this holds the record for the worst top 75 run.

07/06/1980 Angelwitch Sweet Danger 75 {75}->1

 

 

(source polyhex)

 

There are several 75 outs, I believe. And some of them are the ONLY appearance of that act in the chart ever.

Not to mention Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring (unfortunately I don't have the exact chart run to hand).

 

seem to remember the interesting bit of 'rivers of babylon' run was 21-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-10-18-20-18-10-6-5-4-3-2......(can't remember after that , but think it was quite a swift decline)

 

did any other number 1 record occupy all of the top 6 positions?

 

also, any better symmetry than the 6-10-18-20-18-10-6 bit ever?

It's not UK chart run, but this is most shocked chart run in Australia imo:

 

Britney Spears - Everytime

 

1-2-18-29-out :o

 

and it's certificated as GOLD (35k), very weird...

I began listening to the charts in about 1993-1994, about the time that slow climbers (indeed climbers of any description) began to die off. By 1995, I'd say for about 90 per cent or more of tracks, where you debuted was where you peaked - the real barometer of a track's success was how long it took to fall out of the chart. This is why, come the end of 1995, I found the staying power of Everything But The Girl's Missing incredible. It's chart run went, I think, as follows: 8-6-6-4-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-4-5-8-14-20-24-33-34. That's 14 weeks in the top 10 - 14 weeks yo-yoing between the positions of 3 and 8, to be precise. Pretty amazing for it's day! It went on to sell about three-quarters of a million copies in the UK and it has been reported that it is the biggest selling single ever in the UK to not reach the top two (but correct me if I'm wrong. I know New Order's Blue Monday sold about a million, but that was across several different releases, mixes and catalogue numbers).

I began listening to the charts in about 1993-1994, about the time that slow climbers (indeed climbers of any description) began to die off. By 1995, I'd say for about 90 per cent or more of tracks, where you debuted was where you peaked - the real barometer of a track's success was how long it took to fall out of the chart. This is why, come the end of 1995, I found the staying power of Everything But The Girl's Missing incredible. It's chart run went, I think, as follows: 8-6-6-4-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-4-5-8-14-20-24-33-34. That's 14 weeks in the top 10 - 14 weeks yo-yoing between the positions of 3 and 8, to be precise. Pretty amazing for it's day! It went on to sell about three-quarters of a million copies in the UK and it has been reported that it is the biggest selling single ever in the UK to not reach the top two (but correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Robbie's 'Angels' peaked at #4, but has now sold over 1m.

Robbie's 'Angels' peaked at #4, but has now sold over 1m.

 

Bing Crosby's White Christmas peaked at #5 and has sold over a million - although to be fair it would have peaked a bit higher if the charts started earlier, as it predated the charts.

So perhaps EBTG's Missing is the biggest selling track in the UK to peak at number three?

:o

 

And we have the winner! :magic:

 

Flo Rida - Good Feeling

 

2-3-4-5-6-7-3

 

:kink:

Coldplay's Paradise:

 

14-17-20-13-11-12-7-2-5-1-

 

Would have had 5 extra weeks I think, if it was eligible!

 

Take That's Progress Live going 12-18-18-12-50 is kinda cool! :D

 

There was that Singing in the Rain track which had a really wierd chart run in like late 2008, but I can't find it! I think it reached #8

Edited January 6, 201213 yr by liamk97

There was that Singing in the Rain track which had a really wierd chart run in like late 2008, but I can't find it! I think it reached #8

You mean the #1 single, 'Singin' in the Rain' by Mint Royale?

 

(2005):

20-32-37-58

 

(2008):

28-1-1-8-17-34-40-49-35-40-56-79

 

:lol:

well, no one would've known at the time of this thread, but I think one of the strangest chart runs in recent years comes from a certain cover of a Bob Dylan song :lol:

 

63-26-29-45-74-X-24-44-X-4-11-20-17-27-19-9-12-9-21-31-26-33-31-27-7-19-15-23-25-24-25-27-33-37-36-40-39-57-59-50-49-59-66-X-34-45-58-63-X-62-69-62-X-67-64-60-70-60-66-X-74>55

Edited January 6, 201213 yr by C.W

You mean the #1 single, 'Singin' in the Rain' by Mint Royale?

 

(2005):

20-32-37-58

 

(2008):

28-1-1-8-17-34-40-49-35-40-56-79

 

:lol:

 

Yep! That's the one :D I see it *fell* to #8, not *peak* at #8 :lol: Thanks!

The chart run for 'She Said' really impressed me. :D

 

3 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 8.....:lol: