July 5, 201114 yr Probably long forgotten by now but 'If you're Looking for a Way Out' by Odyssey in 1980 spent six weeks in the top 10. 56-34-29-20-7-7-7-{6}-7-10-16-24-37-61-71
July 5, 201114 yr It was only 5 weeks but this deserves a mention: Hermes House Band 'Country Roads' (2001/2) (7-10-10-10-10-20-27-38-39-38-50-69-x)
July 5, 201114 yr It was only 5 weeks but this deserves a mention: Hermes House Band 'Country Roads' (2001/2) (7-10-10-10-10-20-27-38-39-38-50-69-x) Most consecutive weeks in the same chart position would deserve a thread all of it's own (and probably has in the past) but I doubt anything would surpass the statistical fluke of Take That's 'Rule the World' spending 5 consecutive weeks at no.83. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=33211
July 6, 201114 yr Most consecutive weeks in the same chart position would deserve a thread all of it's own (and probably has in the past) but I doubt anything would surpass the statistical fluke of Take That's 'Rule the World' spending 5 consecutive weeks at no.83. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=33211 Apart from number ones of course!
July 6, 201114 yr Apart from number ones of course! Well obviously, and no 2s as well of course, the record is 7 weeks. Dunno about the record for no.3 but I do remember 'Sledgehammer' by Peter Gabriel spending 4 straight weeks at no.4 in 1986. Anyway my point was that spending 5 consecutive weeks at as low a position as no.83 is quite remarkable. Just remembered, the wonderfully named Elbow Bones and the Racketeers spent 4 weeks at no.33 in 1984 with 'A Night in New York'. Great song too.
July 6, 201114 yr There have been quite a few examples of songs spending 3 or 4 weeks in a row at oddly low positions recently (for example I Gotta Feeling spent 3 weeks at #92 and Only Girl (In The World) spent 3 weeks at #74 - plus there's obviously DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love's 4-week run at #20), but I don't know of any that can beat RTW's bizarre 5-week run at #83. I actually thought that was an error the first time I saw it.
July 6, 201114 yr Didn't Usher spend something like 4 weeks at number 20 last year with DJ Got Us Fallin In Love?
July 6, 201114 yr Whoops! My screen's just updated after about 2 hours - seems you beat me to it with Usher!
July 6, 201114 yr Whoops! My screen's just updated after about 2 hours - seems you beat me to it with Usher!
July 10, 201114 yr From the very first chart, we have a record that qualifies for this list Artist: Doris Day & Frankie Laine Title: Sugarbush Peak Posn: 8 Weeks On Chart: 8 15/11/1952: 9 22/11/1952: 12 06/12/1952: 8 13/12/1952: 8 20/12/1952: 10 27/12/1952: 10 03/01/1953: 10 10/01/1953: 10 i.e. 7 weeks in the Top 10 Edited July 10, 201114 yr by fchd
July 17, 201114 yr Right, think this one must be the record holder Artist: Louis Armstrong Title: Takes Two To Tango Peak Posn: 6 Weeks On Chart: 10 20/12/52: 8 27/12/52: 8 03/01/53: 8 10/01/53: 9 17/01/53: 7 24/01/53: 6 31/01/53: 7 07/02/53: 10 14/02/53: 7 21/02/53: 10
July 17, 201114 yr Right, think this one must be the record holder Artist: Louis Armstrong Title: Takes Two To Tango Peak Posn: 6 Weeks On Chart: 10 20/12/52: 8 27/12/52: 8 03/01/53: 8 10/01/53: 9 17/01/53: 7 24/01/53: 6 31/01/53: 7 07/02/53: 10 14/02/53: 7 21/02/53: 10 Joint record holder. Frankie Laine's "Rain Rain Rain" (1954) and Tony Martin's "Stranger In Paradise" (1955) also had 10 weeks in the top 10 without making the top 5. Frankie Laine's is particularly notable as it never peaked above No8.
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