Posted February 28, 201114 yr Longest time for a song to reach number one (including the first week at number one) They all have to be in the same chart run (e.g. Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name does not count, as it reached number one in a different chart run) Please try to post how many weeks it took to reach number one in the top 100 and top 75, or just post the top 100 chart run (unless chartstats or where ever you get the info from doesn't show the top 100). It just makes it easier for me to post it without checking chartstats. Thank you :) Can you think of any more? Artist - Song - Weeks taken to reach number one (top 100 then top 75) Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - 17w - 15w Lady Gaga feat Beyonce – Telephone – 17w - 13w Celine Dion – Think Twice – 16w Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer - 13w - 11w Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax - 12w - 10w The Bangles - Eternal Flame - 11w - 9w Lady Gaga – Poker Face – 10w All Saints - Never Ever - 9w Boyz II Men - End of the Road - 9w ABBA - Mamma Mia - 8w Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling – 8w - 5w Steps - Tragedy/Heartbeat - 8w Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls - 8w - 7w Rihanna – What’s My Name? – 8w B.o.B feat Haley Williams – Airplanes – 7w Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is - 7w Lady Gaga – Bad Romance – 7w James Blunt - You're Beautiful - 7w Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway – 6w Cliff Richard – The Minute Your Gone – 6w - We Don’t Talk Anymore – 6w Black Eyed Peas – The Time (Dirty Bit) – 5w Cliff Richard – I Love You – 5w – Please Don’t Tease – 5w – The Next Time/Bachelor Boy – 5w Kylie & Jason – Especially for You – 5w Madonna feat Justin Timberlake and Timbaland – 4 Minutes – 5w Edited March 3, 201114 yr by liamk97
February 28, 201114 yr "Telephone" was not in 1 continuous run... Also taking ages to climb that you've not mentioned: Dead Or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" took 15 weeks in 1984/85- 55-49-51-58-65-55-48-45-41-42-40-19-5-2-{1}-1-6-12-20-30-36-49-64 Also in 1985 Jennifer Rush "The Power Of Love" took 16 weeks- 65-49-51-45-44-47-46-44-43-47-49-42-36-15-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-2-4-5-10-27-21-22-35-33-35-48-62
February 28, 201114 yr Telephone is the longest I can think of. Although if S&M gets to #1, that would be a massive run too! :o Are you looking for all songs that take more than 5 weeks (because I can think of a few more), or just the longest we can think of? "Telephone" was not in 1 continuous run... I'm pretty sure it was. You might be only counting top 75 runs? Edited February 28, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob
February 28, 201114 yr James Blunt - You're Beautiful, I don't have the chart run at hand though, I think it was 12-6-2-3-3-3-1. All Saints took 9 weeks with Never Ever.
February 28, 201114 yr I'm pretty sure Think twice by Celine Dion took almost 6 months before getting to #1. No idea what the chart run was though
February 28, 201114 yr All Saints - Never Ever (9 weeks) 3-5-6-5-4-4-4-2-1 Steps - Heartbeat/Tragedy (8 weeks) 2-5-5-8-8-6-4-1
February 28, 201114 yr The Bangles - Eternal Flame took 11 weeks 81-79-72-60-53-52-47-33-13-5-1 Wow, that song climbed in every single week too. Steady riser for sure :) Loved that song, and still do. Classic :wub:
February 28, 201114 yr A few more: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 67-55-54-55-46-46-35-6-2-1 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 59-40-23-9-5-4-3-1 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 67-41-26-11-10-4-1 ABBA - Mamma Mia 43-32-29-29-12-3-3-1
February 28, 201114 yr ABBA - Mamma Mia 43-32-29-29-12-3-3-1 That got to #1 the week I was born :lol:
February 28, 201114 yr Author Are you looking for all songs that take more than 5 weeks (because I can think of a few more), or just the longest we can think of? i'm looking for the longest, but i thought i might see what other songs took ages to get to number one
February 28, 201114 yr Author I'm pretty sure Think twice by Celine Dion took almost 6 months before getting to #1. No idea what the chart run was though it was 4
February 28, 201114 yr songs nowadays that are available digitally from the minute the album is released such as Telephone are nowhere near as impressive as songs released only physically such as Eternal Flame or Think Twice in my opinion x
March 1, 201114 yr Another slow climber from 92: 9 weeks to reach #1. Boyz II Men "End Of The Road" 36-31-22-14-6-4-2-2-{1}-1-1-2-3-6-18-23-27-25-23-52-71
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