Commentary available from the front page and the latest news box as usual.

 

Next week's will probably be a little late as I shall be in Berlin (to see Elbow on Thursday).

I would hazard a guess that if you heard the actual Pitbull version of Danza Kuduro you wouldn't be praising it so much :P The version getting airplay is the original version with no Pitbull in sight (and I have no idea who Qwote is or what he does on the song).

 

And it was actually a group of wannabes, rather than just one, that sang E.T. :D

 

Manic Street Preachers' 'This Is The Day' wasn't on Postcards, it was a new song (well, a cover) recorded for National Treasures.

 

I'm surprised SMiLE didn't do that well, considering the history behind it - perhaps there are just not many fans of The Beach Boys in the UK!

Edited November 6, 201113 yr by Bré

As Moves Like Jagger is on its 12th Top 5 Week in a row, I decided to

check how many non-No.1's have spent that long, (or longer), in the

Top 5.

 

With consecutive Top 5 Weeks, I mean. There have been

a few other non No.1's that have spent 12, or more Weeks, in

the Top 5, but they were not consecutive.

 

Such as this one:,

 

The Happy Wanderer - Obernkirchen Children's Choir (1954)

 

This spent 15 Weeks in the Top 5, but, they were split into

8 & 7 weeks, due to a No.6 Position.

 

5-3-2-2-2-2-2-4-6-3-4-5-4-4-4-5

 

Since November 1952 there have only been 4 Singles that

achieved it in consecutive Weeks. The first 3 were all in the

1950's, & Moves Like Jagger is the first non-No.1 to achieve it

since 1957!

 

By an odd coincidence, last Week, The A Team, (Ed Sheeran), also became the first non-No.1 Hit,

since 1957, to achieve something. That became only the 4th non-No.1 Hit, to enter the Charts in the

Top 20, & to manage 20, (or more), consecutive Top 20 Weeks. The A Team's 20th Week, was at No.20.

 

By an even bigger coincidence, Moves Like Jagger, & The A Team, are not only the only non-No.1's,

since 1957, to achieve their Chart Feats, but the same 1957 Hit, was the last time those feats were

managed! (Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone. It entered at No.18, & spent 21 consecutive Weeks

in the Top 20. It also spent 12 consecutive Weeks in the Top 5).

 

THE ONLY 4 NUMBER 2 HITS TO MANAGE 12 (OR MORE) CONSECUTIVE TOP 5 WEEKS

 

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1) HARRY'S THEME (FROM LIMELIGHT) - FRANK CHACKSFIELD (1953)

 

3-2-2-5-4-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-5-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5 (21 consecutive Top 5 Weeks)

 

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2) COOL WATER - FRANKIE LAINE (WITH THE MELLOWMEN) (1955)

 

4-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-2-3-2 (12 consecutive Top 5 Weeks)

 

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3) LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND - PAT BOONE (1957)

 

5-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-2-4-5 (12 consecutive Top 5 Weeks)

 

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4) MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FEAT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA (2011)

 

3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5 (12 consecutive Top 5 Weeks)

 

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Edited November 6, 201113 yr by zeus555

Thanks for the extra information zeuss. I was hoping you'd be able to clarify whether Maroon 5 had broken any records :D

I would hazard a guess that if you heard the actual Pitbull version of Danza Kuduro you wouldn't be praising it so much :P The version getting airplay is the original version with no Pitbull in sight (and I have no idea who Qwote is or what he does on the song).

 

And it was actually a group of wannabes, rather than just one, that sang E.T. :D

 

Manic Street Preachers' 'This Is The Day' wasn't on Postcards, it was a new song (well, a cover) recorded for National Treasures.

 

I'm surprised SMiLE didn't do that well, considering the history behind it - perhaps there are just not many fans of The Beach Boys in the UK!

I'm not sure I went as far as praising Danza Kuduro. My expectations were so low it would have been almost impossible to meet them :lol:

 

You're right about the Manics song.

 

Yes, I would have expected Smile to do better although the Beach Boys have never really been massive here.

I'm not sure I went as far as praising Danza Kuduro. My expectations were so low it would have been almost impossible to meet them :lol:

 

You're right about the Manics song.

 

Yes, I would have expected Smile to do better although the Beach Boys have never really been massive here.

 

Perhaps 'praise' is the wrong word but you get my point :P

"Feel the Steel" by Steel Panther spent a week in the top 75 when it was released, although "Balls Out" is their first top 40 album.

 

I've always had a soft spot for Def Leppard-esque hair metal, so I quite 'enjoy' Steel Panther.

"Feel the Steel" by Steel Panther spent a week in the top 75 when it was released, although "Balls Out" is their first top 40 album.

 

I've always had a soft spot for Def Leppard-esque hair metal, so I quite 'enjoy' Steel Panther.

Oops. Wiki didn't list any UK chart positions for them so I didn't check with chartstats. If Wiki do give a position then I check it as they have been known to give an act a rather better chart history than they have actually achieved :lol: