Posted May 18, 201114 yr Not sure what made me think of this but I'm just curious, does anyone know what the biggest fall from a midweek Number 1 position was? i.e. the lowest a song has ended up on the Sunday when it was Number 1 in the midweeks. I know McFly have ended up at #3 or #4 a couple of times after being #1 in the mids, but there must be greater falls?
May 18, 201114 yr There was a week when Oasis were number one in the first midweeks but ended up outside the top ten. However, that was almost certainly down to an error in Tuesday's chart.
May 18, 201114 yr Author Was that with 'I'm Outta Time'? I thought that was #3 in the midweeks not #1, and yeah as far as I remember it was down to an error with missing iTunes data or something.
May 18, 201114 yr I can't remember which song it was but I'm fairly sure it was number one. However, maybe someone will prove me wrong.
May 18, 201114 yr Author Ok it seems I stand corrected then. But as it was due to missing data, it doesn't really count!
May 18, 201114 yr I can't actually remember any number 1 thats had a huge fall from number 1 in the mids- in fact I think the biggest from last year was The Saturdays who were number 1 all week, and then fell to 3 on Sunday Born This Way did the same this year Edited May 18, 201114 yr by chart wizard
May 18, 201114 yr I can't actually remember any number 1 thats had a huge fall from number 1 in the mids- in fact I think the biggest from last year was The Saturdays who were number 1 all week, and then fell to 3 on Sunday Born This Way did the same this year And Where Them Girls At :P I posted a list of Chart Update #1s (starting when R1 did their first midweek chart show) compared to actual #1s a while ago, I'll try and find it so I can update it.
May 18, 201114 yr Ah, found it :P Chart Date Midweek #1 / Actual #1 20/03/2010 Pass Out / Pass Out 27/03/2010 Pass Out / Telephone 03/04/2010 Telephone / Telephone 10/04/2010 This Ain’t A Love Song / This Ain’t A Love Song 17/04/2010 This Ain’t A Love Song / This Ain’t A Love Song 24/04/2010 This Ain’t A Love Song / OMG 01/05/2010 Once / Once 08/05/2010 Good Times / Good Times 15/05/2010 Good Times / Good Times 22/05/2010 Good Times / Good Times 29/05/2010 Nothin’ On You / Nothin’ On You 05/06/2010 Dirtee Disco / Dirtee Disco 12/06/2010 Nothin’ On You / Gettin’ Over You 19/06/2010 Frisky / Shout 26/06/2010 Shout / Shout 03/07/2010 California Gurls / California Gurls 10/07/2010 California Gurls / California Gurls 17/07/2010 The Club Is Alive / The Club Is Alive 24/07/2010 Airplanes / Airplanes 31/07/2010 We No Speak Americano / We No Speak Americano 07/08/2010 All Time Low / All Time Low 14/08/2010 Beautiful Monser / Beautiful Monster 21/08/2010 Missing You / Club Can’t Handle Me * 28/08/2010 Love The Way You Lie / Green Light 04/09/2010 Dynamite / Dynamite 11/09/2010 Please Don’t Let Me Go / Please Don’t Let Me Go 18/09/2010 Start Without You / Start Without You 25/09/2010 Start Without You / Start Without You 02/10/2010 Just The Way You Are / Just The Way You Are 09/10/2010 Written In The Stars / Written In The Stars 16/10/2010 F**k You! / F**k You! 23/10/2010 F**k You! / F**k You! 30/10/2010 Just The Way You Are / Just The Way You Are 06/11/2010 Promise This / Promise This 13/11/2010 Only Girl (In The World) / Only Girl (In The World) 20/11/2010 Only Girl (In The World) / Only Girl (In The World) 27/11/2010 Love You More / Love You More 04/12/2010 Heroes / Heroes 11/12/2010 Heroes / Heroes 18/12/2010 Whip My Hair / The Time (Dirty Bit) 25/12/2010 When We Collide / When We Collide 01/01/2011 When We Collide / When We Collide 08/01/2011 (no midweek update) / When We Collide 15/01/2011 What’s My Name? / What’s My Name? 22/01/2011 Grenade / Grenade 29/01/2011 Rolling In The Deep / Grenade 05/02/2011 We R Who We R / We R Who We R 12/02/2011 Price Tag / Price Tag 19/02/2011 Champion / Price Tag 26/02/2011 Born This Way / Someone Like You * 05/03/2011 Someone Like You / Someone Like You 12/03/2011 Someone Like You / Someone Like You 19/03/2011 Someone Like You / Someone Like You 26/03/2011 Don’t Hold Your Breath / Don’t Hold Your Breath 02/04/2011 Someone Like You / Someone Like You 09/04/2011 On The Floor / On The Floor 16/04/2011 On The Floor / On The Floor 23/04/2011 Party Rock Anthem / Party Rock Anthem 30/04/2011 Party Rock Anthem / Party Rock Anthem 07/05/2011 Party Rock Anthem / Party Rock Anthem 14/05/2011 Party Rock Anthem / Party Rock Anthem 21/05/2011 Where Them Girls At / The Lazy Song * So, they've got it wrong 11 times out of 61 (62 but there was no update for W/E 08/01/2011). They're obviously likely to get it wrong again this week continuing the odd fact that generally when they get one wrong they get the next one wrong as well... Apart from the three I've asterisked, the midweek #1s have all ended up at #2. The asterisked ones ended at #3. Edited May 18, 201114 yr by Bray
May 18, 201114 yr Not sure what made me think of this but I'm just curious, does anyone know what the biggest fall from a midweek Number 1 position was? i.e. the lowest a song has ended up on the Sunday when it was Number 1 in the midweeks. I know McFly have ended up at #3 or #4 a couple of times after being #1 in the mids, but there must be greater falls? What McFly song dropped to #4? I remember That Girl going 1-3 in 2004 (and Brian McFadden going up to #1) but I don't remember any of theirs going 1-4... I honestly don't remember any midweek #1 dropping lower than #3 naturally (i.e. occuring without an error in the early midweeks). Even the Elvis re-releases that were midweek #1s in 2005 didn't do that. Only two missed the top 3 by Sunday (Return to Sender and The Wonder of You) and neither of those were #1 in the mids.
May 18, 201114 yr With the Love the Way You Lie/Green Light week, weren't the mid-weeks missing iTunes data that week? Plus, Green Light was very front-loaded. There's no way it could've climbed to #1 over the week! :lol:
May 18, 201114 yr With the Love the Way You Lie/Green Light week, weren't the mid-weeks missing iTunes data that week? Plus, Green Light was very front-loaded. There's no way it could've climbed to #1 over the week! :lol: Yes, that was an error (or we think so anyway). But R1 still broadcast LTWYL as being midweek #1 so that's how I'm keeping it... :P Edited May 18, 201114 yr by Bray
May 18, 201114 yr Author What McFly song dropped to #4? I remember That Girl going 1-3 in 2004 (and Brian McFadden going up to #1) but I don't remember any of theirs going 1-4... Yeah I remember That Girl going from 1-3 and the other one I was thinking of was I Wanna Hold You but that ended up at #3 not at #4. Can't remember for definite if it was #1 in the mids though. Lies ended up at #4 but I don't think it was anywhere near #1 in the mids!
May 18, 201114 yr Actually, I've just remembered that in gezza76's Closest Races to Number Ones thread he said that Lisa Stansfield - People Hold On was #1 in the early midweeks the week it was released in January 1997, and it ended up at #4. I only remember it because I quoted it in surprise that she was even in with a fighting shot of #1 in 1997 of all years, several years after her commercial peak. Perhaps gezza76 might be able to remember any that possibly dropped further if he sees this thread? :D Yeah I remember That Girl going from 1-3 and the other one I was thinking of was I Wanna Hold You but that ended up at #3 not at #4. Can't remember for definite if it was #1 in the mids though. Lies ended up at #4 but I don't think it was anywhere near #1 in the mids! Nah, I Wanna Hold You wasn't midweek #1. It was released the same week as the Arctic Monkeys' debut single who were definitely #1 all week as I remember it was a bit of a shock to quite a few people that they were heading for the top of the charts as they only had a (admittedly massive) trail of hype behind them at that point, without huge support from the more mainstream media. Edited May 18, 201114 yr by superbossanova
May 18, 201114 yr Elton John 'Electricity' started off as a midweek #1 in 2005 - much to the shock of many a poster on Cool Clarity at the time :lol: - but by Sunday's chart, the track has dropped to #4 before the inevitable plummet. Iirc, Elton John only managed to have strong first day sales due to some text promotional campaign - I believe McFly also tried this out in 2006 but in their case got to #1 with 'Star Girl'.
May 18, 201114 yr In 2002 Bon Jovi were #1 in the early midweeks with 'Everyday' there may well be the story I remember well that was on Dotmusic at the time. I was very excited that Bon Jovi might get their first UK No.1, but sadly by Sunday it had dropped to #5 and Pink was number 1 with Just Like A Pill. And I haven't forgiven her :D
May 19, 201114 yr Author In 2002 Bon Jovi were #1 in the early midweeks with 'Everyday' there may well be the story I remember well that was on Dotmusic at the time. Wow that's quite a drop, I guess sales must have been really close that week. 'Everyday' was a pretty weak single actually, i'm shocked it was #1 in the mids. If any Bon Jovi song should have been #1, it's 'It's My Life'! I was very excited that Bon Jovi might get their first UK No.1, but sadly by Sunday it had dropped to #5 and Pink was number 1 with Just Like A Pill. And I haven't forgiven her :D Actually I still remember the shock of Pink being #1 that week cos I remember it just went to #1 completely out of nowhere, no-one expected it at all. To this day it remains my favourite Pink song :D
May 19, 201114 yr Pink 'Just Like A Pill' sold an average of 48,000 in its first week of release - much less than quite of the #1 singles from earlier in 2002. It was released the same week as not just Bon Jovi 'Everyday' but also the dreadful 'What I Go To School For' by Busted which I was convinced was going to be #1 that Sunday. I'm just happy that Pink got there as it was easily the best of the new releases that week.
May 20, 201114 yr Ah, found it :P (snip!) So, they've got it wrong 11 times out of 61 (62 but there was no update for W/E 08/01/2011). They're obviously likely to get it wrong again this week continuing the odd fact that generally when they get one wrong they get the next one wrong as well... Apart from the three I've asterisked, the midweek #1s have all ended up at #2. The asterisked ones ended at #3. They didn't 'get it wrong' on any of these occasions. The situation changed. The chart is a sales report, not a prediction competition.
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