Posted October 17, 201014 yr Return to No.1 50s 01 | 03.07.1953 | Frankie Laine | I Believe 11-8-4-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-... 02 | 21.08.1953 | Frankie Laine | I Believe ...2-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-2-2-4-6-5-7-4-6-10 03 | 11.12.1953 | David Whitfield | Answer Me 12-8-4-{1}-2-2-2-5-1-2-2-2-6 04 | 23.04.1954 | Stargazers | I See The Moon 12-8-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-3-1-4-5-5-8-11 05 | 08.05.1954 | Doris Day | Secret Love 10-5-{1}-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-6-7-4-6-5-10-8-10-8-14-18 06 | 19.11.1954 | Don Cornell | Hold My Hand 10-5-4-4-5-{1}-1-1-1-3-2-1-4-4-7-11-11-11-7-15-20 07 | 21.01.1955 | Dickie Valentine With The Stargazers | Finger Of Suspicion 7-7-7-{1}-2-1-1-2-3-4-5-5-4-9-17 08 | 04.02.1955 | Rosemary Clooney | Mambo Italiano 20-20-20-3-{1}-2-2-1-1-2-3-3-3-6-16-15 09 | 06.01.1956 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock Around The Clock 13-8-7-4-2-3-{1}-1-1-2-2-2-1-1-6-8-14 10 | 06.04.1956 | The Dream Weavers | It's Almost Tomorrow 16-6-3-3-3-{1}-1-2-1-2-3-2-3-3-6-13-21-23 11 | 18.01.1957 | Guy Mitchell | Singing The Blues 14-5-4-2-{1}-2-1-... 12 | 01.02.1957 | Guy Mitchell | Singing The Blues ...2-1-2-3-3-4-4-6-8-9-9-13-20-20-20 60s 13 | 11.08.1960 | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | Please Don't Tease 21-6-2-2-{1}-3-1-1-2-2-4-4-7-8-18-19-25-29 14 | 28.09.1961 | John Leyton | Johnny Remember Me 26-18-2-2-{1}-1-1-2-1-4-5-8-17-28-32 15 | 04.04.1963 | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | Summer Holiday 27-7-2-{1}-1-2-1-6-9-13-14-19-24-27-32-36-34-41 16 | 28.11.1963 | The Beatles | She Loves You 12-3-{1}-1-1-1-3-3-3-2-2-3-2-1-1-2-2-2-3-5-5-8-16-19-21-23-28-33-35-42-48 17 | 12.11.1964 | Roy Orbison | Oh, Pretty Woman 36-17-8-4-{1}-1-2-2-2-1-4-8-16-28-30-42-48-44 18 | 01.07.1965 | Elvis Presley | Crying In The Chapel 24-14-2-{1}-2-1-2-5-6-14-14-19-28-37-46 19 | 08.07.1965 | The Hollies | I'm Alive 44-23-10-4-{1}-2-1-1-4-7-10-18-30-36 20 | 21.08.1968 | Tommy James & The Shondells | Mony Mony 48-37-34-26-14-11-6-2-{1}-1-2-1-4-9-14-25-32-44 21 | 08.01.1969 | The Scaffold | Lily The Pink 41-23-12-4-2-{1}-1-1-2-1-4-4-7-34-19-22-28-31-38-31-34-35-38-43 22 | 15.01.1969 | Marmalade | Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 45-22-9-7-{1}-3-1-1-4-10-9-14-23-23-40-28-34-32-47-48 70s 80s 90s 23 | 25.12.1993 | Mr. Blobby | Mr. Blobby 3-{1}-2-1-1-3-9-23-35-46-55-68 24 | 06.07.1996 | Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds | Three Lions {1}-2-2-4-2-1-3-6-10-13-24-33-37-45-64 25 | 13.07.1996 | Fugees | Killing Me Softly {1}-1-1-1-2-1-2-2-2-6-7-12-21-23-34-41-58-62-61-74 26 | 26.07.1997 | Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans and 112 | I'll Be Missing You {1}-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-3-4-6-5-11-12-18-27-34-40-52-61-75 27 | 10.01.1998 | Various Artists | Perfect Day {1}-1-2-2-3-3-1-4-10-14-16-23-25-49-56-58-59-61-71 28 | 14.03.1998 | Celine Dion | My Heart Will Go On {1}-2-2-1-3-2-2-2-3-4-10-15-17-20-26-30-40-43-61-73 29 | 23.05.1998 | All Saints | Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade {1}-2-1-2-5-10-18-27-35-44-54-61-66-74 00s 30 | 26.05.2001 | S Club 7 | Don't Stop Movin' {1}-2-2-1-2-4-7-9-9-14-19-23-25-32-40-39-48-52-70 31 | 12.01.2002 | Daniel Bedingfield | Gotta Get Thru This {1}-1-2-3-2-1-3-6-13-11-13-22-27-39-45-55-54-54 32 | 23.10.2004 | Eric Prydz | Call On Me {1}-1-1-2-1-1-2-8-8-13-17-21-23-24-21-20-24-35-40-49-58-57-63-71 33 | 05.08.2006 | Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean | Hips Don't Lie 54-3-2-{1}-2-2-3-1-1-1-1-2-2-5-7-6-10-13-13-17-21-28-31-30-28-28-... ...-37-49-49-33-31-44-43-49-59-64 34 | 13.06.2009 | The Black Eyed Peas | Boom Boom Pow {1}-2-2-1-2-3-3-6-7-11-13-13-16-18-21-24-33-37-44-47-54-58-64-65-... ...-66-67-51-61-71 35 | 22.08.2009 | The Black Eyed Peas | I Gotta Feeling 39-10-3-3-{1}-2-1-2-3-5-5-7-6-5-8-6-7-10-16-14-14-17-20-20-27-24-14-... ...-22-28-31-31-33-35-33-41-48-50-50-45-50-45-54-54-45-46-45-43-60-52-49-56-52-54-53-47-50-51-55-53-57-62-65-74 10s 36 | 09.01.2010 | Lady Gaga | Bad Romance 14-10-11-8-5-3-{1}-3-3-1-4-7-9-12-16-20-15-20-24-24-21-27-24-25-35-40-32-41-... ...-39-47-58-44-47-52-53-55-59-58-59-63-62-69-59-60-55-70-69 37 | 30.10.2010 | Bruno Mars | Just The Way You Are {1}-2-4-2-1-3-5-8-11-14-14-17-20-16-14-17-17-18-19-24-24-28-32-29-29-... ...-40-43-45-44-55-61-53-48-53-52-56-67-70 38 | 02.04.2011 | Adele | Someone Like You 36-33-47-{1}-1-1-1-2-1-2-3-6-12-12-11-14-17-21-20-24-27-29-34-30-30-28-35-33-... ...-35-40-43-27-17-24-32-32-31-33-41-43-45-50-48-56-49-51-50-49-27-28-40-43-53-51-58-41-32-46-57-61-65 39 | 19.11.2011 | Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris | We Found Love {1}-1-1-3-2-1-1-1-3-4-5-10-5-9-11-17-24-28-32-34-22-24-26-34-... ...-34-41-49-55-52-39-49-62-64-66-65-72-74-75-54-52-53-57-71 40 | 03.03.2012 | Gotye feat. Kimbra | Somebody That I Used To Know 36-21-7-3-{1}-3-1-1-1-1-3-5-3-3-6-7-10-9-10-9-17-17-... ...-16-19-20-17-16-17-25-27-30-46-44-42-48-53-51-51-54-60-50-66-59-62-69 41 | 14.07.2012 | Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa | Payphone {1}-2-1-2-2-2-4-6-12-14-18-20-25-29-25-28-34-40-43-44-54-66 42 | 05.01.2013 | James Arthur | Impossible {1}-2-1-1-3-7-9-11-14-19-29-34-39-43-50-42-48-75 43 | 20.07.2013 | Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell | Blurred Lines {1}-1-1-1-2-2-1-2-3-3-5-7-10-10-15-18-19-18-28-32-33-26-30-35-44-51-62-61-50-60-39-28-47-49-49-56-61-66-62-62-64-67-65R(6)-56-55-72R(2)-69-71R(3)-75->49 44 | 26.10.2013 | OneRepublic | Counting Stars 43-30-20-17-13-2-4-3-{1}-3-1-3-5-6-11-12-16-17-19-22-10-10-13-14-17-24-23-26-34-36-32-30-22-19-30-42-44-45-50-51-58-49-50-53-57-59-70-61-50-43-42-54-51-51-62-63-63-66-74-59R(6)-68R(6)-70R(2)-54-67->64 45 | 14.12.2013 | Lily Allen | Somewhere Only We Know 2-{1}-4-1-1-6-6-16-30-40-41-65-70R(2)->13 46 | 18.01.2014 | Pharrell Williams | Happy 71-30-4-2-{1}-2-1-1-2-3-2-3-2-... 47 | 08.03.2014 | Pharrell Williams | Happy ...-1-2-3-4-6-6-7-7-10-12-13-15-12-11-14-17-18-17-19-16-18-22-24-25-27-29-30-32-33-32-35-37-40-37-35-33-40-43-53-58-63-59-57-51-34-48-54-50-57-61-55-58-65-68-69-66-73-68R(13)-70-64-72->74 48 | 17.05.2014 | Mr. Probz | Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) {1}-2-1-2-2-4-4-5-9-7-8-11-12-11-17-16-18-22-23-20-16-24-26-32-37-40-37-37-37-40-39-43-50-53-49-39-32-35-41-42-46-48-53-54-64-65-71-71->48 49 | 13.12.2014 | Ed Sheeran | Thinking Out Loud 26-25-29-23-28-20-18-16-13-17-18-24-19-18-17-10-4-2-{1}-2-2-4-4-1-2-3-3-3-3-5-6-8-7-7-10-12-14-19-20-19-16-19-24-26-26-26-30-30-31-32-31-28-34-35-42-35-38-42-45-46-47-47-49-51-52-51-58-58-59-55-50-57-58-68R(7)-58-71-70R(2)-74-73-68-74-49R(46)-55-58-64-63-52-62-71-69-70->91 50 | 03.01.2015 | Mark Ronson feat. 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October 17, 201014 yr Author Somebody asked earlier who was the last act to return to #1 this is the definitive list, that I have, will Bruno Mars be added to it next week. only time will tell.
October 17, 201014 yr It never happened in over 2 decades! :o Gosh, it must've been really weird when that Mr. Blobby song returned to #1! We're sort of used to it now. :D I think The Wanted still have a chance at beating Bruno tbh.
October 17, 201014 yr It never happened in over 2 decades! :o Gosh, it must've been really weird when that Mr. Blobby song returned to #1! We're sort of used to it now. :D I think The Wanted still have a chance at beating Bruno tbh. It was something of a shock at the time :lol: A shame a piece of history was made by such an awful record. The previous occasion was unusual as it went like this 14/12/68 - Lily The Pink 21/12/68 - Lily The Pink 28/12/68 - Lily The Pink 04/01/69 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 11/01/69 - Lily The Pink 18/01/69 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 25/01/69 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
October 17, 201014 yr It was something of a shock at the time :lol: A shame a piece of history was made by such an awful record. The previous occasion was unusual as it went like this 14/12/68 - Lily The Pink 21/12/68 - Lily The Pink 28/12/68 - Lily The Pink 04/01/69 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 11/01/69 - Lily The Pink 18/01/69 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 25/01/69 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da Wow, that's really weird! It's like in the European charts this year, Bad Romance, Meet Me Halfway and Tik Tok all had 2 runs and #1, and Alors on danse had 3, and they all overlapped each other, which was really strange (although this sort of thing happens often in the chart, because songs are released at different times in each country, which gives songs weird chart runs, especially since it also factors in airplay).
October 17, 201014 yr Author It was something of a shock at the time :lol: A shame a piece of history was made by such an awful record. The previous occasion was unusual as it went like this 14/12/68 - Lily The Pink 21/12/68 - Lily The Pink 28/12/68 - Lily The Pink 04/01/69 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 11/01/69 - Lily The Pink 18/01/69 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 25/01/69 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da The one in bold is probably the chart that is carried over from the previous week, as back than they used to carry over the previous chart for a second week until 1982 I think, it could be the year before.
October 17, 201014 yr The one in bold is probably the chart that is carried over from the previous week, as back than they used to carry over the previous chart for a second week until 1982 I think, it could be the year before. That's what I thought at first but chartstats.com shows different charts for those two weeks. The Virgin Top 40 book agrees.
October 18, 201014 yr Three Lions returned to the top again in 1998. You should include it because the OCC now combine the sales for the 96 and 98 versions. You've also missed out the returns to #1 for 3 Elvis songs, George Harrison, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody... am I missing any?
October 18, 201014 yr Three Lions returned to the top again in 1998. You should include it because the OCC now combine the sales for the 96 and 98 versions. You've also missed out the returns to #1 for 3 Elvis songs, George Harrison, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody... am I missing any?The records in the first post are those that returned to number one without the song dropping off the chart prior to returning to number one. Leaving aside the issue of Three Lions the other records you mentioned all took a re-release several years after the record originally reached #1 to return to the top.
October 18, 201014 yr The records in the first post are those that returned to number one without the song dropping off the chart prior to returning to number one. Leaving aside the issue of Three Lions the other records you mentioned all took a re-release several years after the record originally reached #1 to return to the top. Agreed. The likes of Bohemian Rhapsody should not be included in this list.
October 18, 201014 yr The records in the first post are those that returned to number one without the song dropping off the chart prior to returning to number one. Leaving aside the issue of Three Lions the other records you mentioned all took a re-release several years after the record originally reached #1 to return to the top. I figured that, but that only explains why they're not currently on the list, not why they shouldn't be on there, if you get what I mean. They're still returns to #1, re-release or not, so I personally think they should be included. Edited October 18, 201014 yr by ~ braysephone ~
October 18, 201014 yr I figured that, but that only explains why they're not currently on the list, not why they shouldn't be on there, if you get what I mean. They're still returns to #1, re-release or not, so I personally think they should be included. I'd say that the likes of My Sweet Lord and Bohemian Rhapsody belong on a separate list of songs which have been number one on two different occasions.
October 18, 201014 yr The return of David Whitfield's Answer Me was only as a tied charttopper with the Frankie Laine version of the same song. They tied because of relatively a poor sample size be insufficient to separate them, so in reality it may not quite have been a true return. Simarly Guy Mitchell's Singing The Blues was knocked off the top by the Tommy Steele version of the same song, then returned, then Frankie Vaughan's Garden Of Eden overtook it only for Guy return for one more week tied with Frankie. I remember the huge surprise of Mr Blobby returning to the top for xmas 1993, as everyone expected Take That to retain the #1 with Babe. Nobody was more shocked than TT's singer/songwriter Gary Barlow who if I recall correctly was alleged to have responded with some colourful language on air when he was told. I wonder whether the different compilers had different tie break rules, sample weightings or some such that affect the number of occurences of returns, I say this because when the BMRB/BBC chart was instigated in February 1969 the returns completely cease and even under Gallup (1983-early 94) there was only Mr Blobby which was exceptional circumstances, being xmas week, but once the Millward Brown/CIN/OCC era becomes established they begin to reappear. What does anyone think?
October 18, 201014 yr The return of David Whitfield's Answer Me was only as a tied charttopper with the Frankie Laine version of the same song. They tied because of relatively a poor sample size be insufficient to separate them, so in reality it may not quite have been a true return. Simarly Guy Mitchell's Singing The Blues was knocked off the top by the Tommy Steele version of the same song, then returned, then Frankie Vaughan's Garden Of Eden overtook it only for Guy return for one more week tied with Frankie. The small sample size means that most of the early number ones are questionable. All we can say is that they were the best sellers in the shops in the sample.
October 18, 201014 yr I remember the huge surprise of Mr Blobby returning to the top for xmas 1993, as everyone expected Take That to retain the #1 with Babe. Nobody was more shocked than TT's singer/songwriter Gary Barlow who if I recall correctly was alleged to have responded with some colourful language on air when he was told. I wonder whether the different compilers had different tie break rules, sample weightings or some such that affect the number of occurences of returns, I say this because when the BMRB/BBC chart was instigated in February 1969 the returns completely cease and even under Gallup (1983-early 94) there was only Mr Blobby which was exceptional circumstances, being xmas week, but once the Millward Brown/CIN/OCC era becomes established they begin to reappear. What does anyone think? I may be one of the few people not surprised by Mr Blobby's return to the top, because Take That were already becoming first-week specialists, as everyone was soon to become. When the presenter's tease was "or has Mr Blobby returned to number 1?" I was virtually certain that would be what had happened. And first-week sales not being maintained was a cause of some of the other occurences. Nothing to do with samples or chart compilers. The more records hang around the more they hang around.
March 27, 201114 yr So Adele is the first British act to return to #1 in 9 years! Wow. :mellow: Nearly 10 years (bar a few months)
March 27, 201114 yr I figured that, but that only explains why they're not currently on the list, not why they shouldn't be on there, if you get what I mean. They're still returns to #1, re-release or not, so I personally think they should be included. Different catalogue number = different release Thems the rules!
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