...has any record EVER been number 2 behind five different number ones before? I remember Alice Deejay being number 2 behind three, but can't think of many other similar? (Can't remember how many Love the Way You Lie was last year)

 

Also, as it seems likely it may make no.1 next week, has any record ever been as long as five weeks at number 2 and then gone on to number 1? Jason/Kylie did 4 I think, and Abba's Fernando similar - any others?

Edited October 2, 201113 yr by richy67

Didn't you already ask the latter question in the chart show thread? Someone did anyway because it was answered - Jo Stafford's 'You Belong To Me' (the second #1 ever) spent 7 straight weeks at #2 before going to #1 and 8 weeks at #2 in total before that.

 

As for the former question I have no idea, I can't even think of any that were stuck behind 4 but there were a few that got stuck behind 3.

 

EDIT: LTWYL was stuck behind 4 different #1s but they weren't all consecutive like Maroon 5's. I think that may be a record for them. A shitty unwanted record but a record nonetheless :lol:

Edited October 2, 201113 yr by Bré

Didn't you already ask the latter question in the chart show thread? Someone did anyway because it was answered - Jo Stafford's 'You Belong To Me' (the second #1 ever) spent 7 straight weeks at #2 before going to #1 and 8 weeks at #2 in total before that.

 

If he didn't ask it, I would have. :)

 

BTW, which was the last song to spend 5 straight weeks at T2, whether or not it ever was a #1?

If he didn't ask it, I would have. :)

 

BTW, which was the last song to spend 5 straight weeks at T2, whether or not it ever was a #1?

 

All-4-One's I Swear in 1994 perhaps? Initially I'd thought of Shaggy's It Wasn't Me but the 5 weeks that that spent at #2 were interrupted by a week at #3, likewise Kate Nash's Foundations, Shakira's Hips Don't Lie and Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On which both had five weeks at #2 interspersed by weeks at other positions.

 

I can think of quite a few '4 consecutive weeks at #2' since then (Rule The World, Lose My Breath, Price Tag, It Wasn't Me) but no other five week straight stints.

I reckon All-4-One was the last one - 7 weeks behind "the Wets".

...has any record EVER been number 2 behind five different number ones before? I remember Alice Deejay being number 2 behind three, but can't think of many other similar? (Can't remember how many Love the Way You Lie was last year)

 

Also, as it seems likely it may make no.1 next week, has any record ever been as long as five weeks at number 2 and then gone on to number 1? Jason/Kylie did 4 I think, and Abba's Fernando similar - any others?

 

Albatross has a grand total of 5 weeks at no.2, behind 4 different songs at no.1 (and Albatross also reached the top). These weeks weren't all in the same chart run. But its an interesting stat anyway.

Kate Nash :cry:

I thought that "Just Dance" might have spent five weeks at #2, butt I was wrong - its run went 3-1-1-1-2-2-2-2 behind initially Alexandra and Leona, then later behind Lily Allen (similarly to how "Price Tag" spent four weeks behind "Someone Like You" after leaving #1, except of course "Just Dance" outsold "The Fear").

I hope it gets #1 at this point.

Take That's Rule The World was held behind Leona for weeks and has sold over a million copies.

 

 

It was only 4 weeks at #2 though. If Rihanna gets her way it could be six (!) for Maroon 5.

Is Rihanna to Maroon 5 what Flo Rida is to The Saturdays? :lol:

Take That's Rule The World was held behind Leona for weeks and has sold over a million copies.

Rule The World hasn't sold over a million copies.

Is Rihanna to Maroon 5 what Flo Rida is to The Saturdays? :lol:

 

I was thinking that earlier! :lol:

 

Plus both pairs of performers have collaborated with each other 1 year after their original chart battles. :lol:

I think Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath was behind a different chart topper for each of it's 4 or 5 weeks at number two but not sure.

I think Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath was behind a different chart topper for each of it's 4 or 5 weeks at number two but not sure.

 

It was behind different #1s for its first 3 weeks at #2 but the third one carried over into its fourth week.

Oh Ok then, was from memory so I wasn't sure lol. Can't remember much else lingering at 2 without getting top spot in recent times. I know Frank Chacksfield did it for literally months in 1953 (but with breaks in the run).

Wasn't Think Twice by Celine Dion #2 for a fair few weeks before its climb to #1?

Wasn't Think Twice by Celine Dion #2 for a fair few weeks before its climb to #1?

 

Only 3 weeks. it was notable though for how long it took to get to #1

 

53-42-52-30-28-22-20-9-8-5-6-4-2-2-2-{1}

SONGS WITH 4 OR MORE WEEKS AT NO 2 WITHOUT GOING TO NO 1 1980-2011 (PLUS THE NUMBER OF NUMBER ONE RECORDS THAT IT WAS BEHIND)

 

1981 VIENNA Ultravox (4 weeks behind 2 No 1's)

1981 YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Shakin Stevens (4 weeks behind 1 No 1)

1981 DADDY'S HOME Cliff Richard (4 weeks behind 1 No 1)

1984 LAST CHRISTMAS/ EVERYTHING SHE WANTS Wham! (5 weeks behind 1 No 1)

1987 CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT- Judy Boucher (4 weeks behind 2 No 1's)

1987 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison (4 weeks behind 1 No 1)

1988 DROP THE BOY- Bros (4 weeks behind 2 No 1's)

1988 THE LOCO-MOTION Kylie Minogue (4 weeks behind 1 No 1)

1991 I'M TOO SEXY Right Said Fred (6 weeks behind 1 No 1)

1992 HEAL THE WORLD Michael Jackson (5 weeks behind 1 No 1)

1994 I SWEAR All-4-One (7 weeks behind 1 No 1)

2002 CHEEKY SONG (TOUCH MY BUM) Cheeky Girls (4 weeks behind 3 No 1's)

2004 MILKSHAKE Kelis (4 weeks behind 2 No 1's)

2004 LOSE MY BREATH Destiny's Child (4 weeks behind 3 No 1's)

2007 FOUNDATIONS Kate Nash (5 weeks behind 2 No 1's)

2007 RULE THE WORLD Take That (4 weeks behind 1 No 1's)

2009 IN FOR THE KILL La Roux (4 weeks behind 2 No 1's)

2010 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE Eminem/ Rihanna (4 weeks behind 4 No 1's)

2011 MOVES LIKE JAGGER Maroon 5/ Christina Aguilera (5 weeks behind 5 No 1's)

 

 

 

SONGS THAT ALSO SPENT 4 OR MORE WEEKS AT NO 2 BUT REACHED NO 1 AT SOME POINT

 

 

1984 RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood (4 weeks)

1985 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston (4 weeks)

1989 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan (4 weeks)

1995 DON'T STOP (WIGGLE WIGGLE) Outhere Brothers (5 weeks)

1996 KILLING ME SOFTLY The Fugees (4 weeks)

1998 MY HEART WILL GO ON Celine Dion (5 weeks)

2001 IT WASN'T ME- Shaggy (5 weeks)

2005 JCB SONG Nizlopi (4 weeks)

2006 HIPS DON'T LIE Shakira/ Wyclef Jean (5 weeks)

2009 SEXY CHICK David Guetta Featuring Akon (4 weeks)

2010 OMG Usher Featuring Will.i.am (4 weeks)

2009 JUST DANCE Lady Gaga (4 weeks)

2011 PRICE TAG- Jessie J (4 Weeks)

2011 THE LAZY SONG Bruno Mars (4 weeks)