I love that song (mainly for giving us Right Round :D). That must be a record (no pun intended :kink:) for time taken to reach #1! :o

 

EDIT: Or Telephone by Lady Gaga, I remember reading that somewhere (although that song wasn't a case of taking ages to take off, it was more a case of taking off very early! :lol:).

 

The 'official' record for longest time to reach #1 (with a consecutive chart run in the top 75) is Céline Dion's Think Twice as far as I'm aware. Telephone is excluded for spending a week outside the top 75.

 

Think Twice chart run:

53-42-52-30-28-22-20-9-8-5-6-4-2-2-2-1 (#1 on 15th week)

 

Telephone chart run:

30-41-62-82-74-67-55-48-49-42-39-39-34-37-31-12-1 (#1 on 17th week, 16th top 75 (13th top 75 consecutively))

 

Dead Or Alive also got to #1 on their 17th week top 100 consecutively, but as with Telephone one of those weeks was outside the top 75 so they're excluded (although the consecutive top 75 run leading up to the #1 matched Céline's 15 weeks, so they should have the tied record)

 

I think the longest time between first charting and going to #1 is Jackie Wilson's Reet Petite, first charting in November '57 and reaching #1 in December '86.

Edited September 23, 201113 yr by Bré

I love that song (mainly for giving us Right Round :D). That must be a record (no pun intended :kink:) for time taken to reach #1! :o

 

EDIT: Or Telephone by Lady Gaga, I remember reading that somewhere (although that song wasn't a case of taking ages to take off, it was more a case of taking off very early! :lol:).

 

What about John Lennon. Imagine took 5 years to reach number one, originally released in 1975 and went to the top spot in 1980. I'm sure there's a better example

What about John Lennon. Imagine took 5 years to reach number one, originally released in 1975 and went to the top spot in 1980. I'm sure there's a better example

 

There have been a few songs that first reached #1 years after release but obviously not in a consecutive run. As I edited into my last post I think Jackie Wilson has the record in that aspect. Also Rage Against The Machine and The Righteous Brothers' Unchained Melody.

It's so funny how Lady Gaga fans this year have been panicking every time a song spends more than 2 weeks in the top 40 and it "STILL" doesn't have a music video, yet Telephone by the very same artist and only from last year has that chart run! :lol:

I'm not sure if it's the same in the UK but it took quite a while for Jagged Little Pill to take off in the US so I presume it's a similar situation over here.

 

Britney's In The Zone reached its peak when Toxic was released.

 

As someone already mentioned, Jar of Hearts. Also Make You Feel My Love, sort of.

It's so funny how Lady Gaga fans this year have been panicking every time a song spends more than 2 weeks in the top 40 and it "STILL" doesn't have a music video, yet Telephone by the very same artist and only from last year has that chart run! :lol:

 

Difference is, "Telephone" was a proper landmark video. It was hugely acclaimed and followed on from her two other most highly acclaimed videos ("Paparazzi" in terms of storyline, "Bad Romance" in terms of chronology). In short, there was a huge amount of buzz behind it whereas the videos from "Born This Way" have only really generated hype because they're a new GaGa video - shown in a way by the fact that her two strongest videos of this era are for the two less acclaimed singles.

The 'official' record for longest time to reach #1 (with a consecutive chart run in the top 75) is Céline Dion's Think Twice as far as I'm aware. Telephone is excluded for spending a week outside the top 75.

 

Think Twice chart run:

53-42-52-30-28-22-20-9-8-5-6-4-2-2-2-1 (#1 on 15th week)

 

Telephone chart run:

30-41-62-82-74-67-55-48-49-42-39-39-34-37-31-12-1 (#1 on 17th week, 16th top 75 (13th top 75 consecutively))

 

Dead Or Alive also got to #1 on their 17th week top 100 consecutively, but as with Telephone one of those weeks was outside the top 75 so they're excluded (although the consecutive top 75 run leading up to the #1 matched Céline's 15 weeks, so they should have the tied record)

 

I think the longest time between first charting and going to #1 is Jackie Wilson's Reet Petite, first charting in November '57 and reaching #1 in December '86.

Jennifer Rush took 16 weeks to get to #1 with The Power Of Love. Strangely, Celine covered this as a single before releasing Think Twice.

 

65-49-51-45-44-47-46-44-43-47-49-42-36-15-2-1 (#1 on 16th week)

Could you say Bohemian Rhapsody, I know it did well originially in the 70's, but didn't really become massive in terms of sales until Freddie mercury's death in 1991.

Also, another few songs have to be Iris, mr Brightside. Average peaks for both and both have become constantly downloaded over the years.

Jennifer Rush took 16 weeks to get to #1 with The Power Of Love. Strangely, Celine covered this as a single before releasing Think Twice.

 

65-49-51-45-44-47-46-44-43-47-49-42-36-15-2-1 (#1 on 16th week)

 

Oh :o Maybe Céline's record is for top 40 weeks before going #1 then (11).

Adele- Make You Feel My Love :P

Could you say Bohemian Rhapsody, I know it did well originially in the 70's, but didn't really become massive in terms of sales until Freddie mercury's death in 1991.

Also, another few songs have to be Iris, mr Brightside. Average peaks for both and both have become constantly downloaded over the years.

Bohemian Rhapsody sold a million first time round.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax reached the top 40 in its seventh week in the top 75 (with two weeks at 77 before that). Three weeks (and some helpful publicity) later it reached number one.

Do It Like A Dude just popped into my head.

Oh :o Maybe Céline's record is for top 40 weeks before going #1 then (11).

Actually, looking at your post, Celine was #1 in her 16th week so she would share the record too.

Actually, looking at your post, Celine was #1 in her 16th week so she would share the record too.

 

Oh, that's a counting fail on my behalf then. I blame being ill.

 

Surely the record will be broken one day anyway, 16 weeks isn't *that* much.

Jessie J- Do it like a dude.

 

With people saying that 'Dont stop believing' and 'TMYFML', I wouldnt say they took a while to take off. They were rereleased, and went dorment then suddenly exploded.

Well looking at its chart run, not so much the case of DSB, As family guy got it noticed, then it suddenly went boom when Joe did it on x factor.

Jessie J- Do it like a dude.

 

With people saying that 'Dont stop believing' and 'TMYFML', I wouldnt say they took a while to take off. They were rereleased, and went dorment then suddenly exploded.

Well looking at its chart run, not so much the case of DSB, As family guy got it noticed, then it suddenly went boom when Joe did it on x factor.

 

Don't Stop Believin' and Make You Feel My Love were not re-released. They just re-peaked due to blanket exposure which happened to be a while after their release.

Bohemian Rhapsody sold a million first time round.

 

Correct, I think its the only song ever in the UK to sell 1 million copies in two completely separate chart runs.

To date it has sold around 2.35 million I believe.

Nickelback - Rockstar peaked in about its 17th week on the chart having been around for a couple of years prior to that.

Pretty much all Britney studio albums, plummetting down the chart, and then re-entering the Top 40 and spend a while there:

Britney

In the Zone

Blackout

Edited September 24, 201113 yr by liamk97