Thing is that the official chart is now Top 100

 

Top 100 it's 31 weeks.

This didn't seem right to me.

Chartstats shows it as 30 weeks top 75.

http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=6092

You're forgetting it's been re-released about 700 times. Add all of them up and it probably comes to 55 weeks total - can't be arsed to check though. Although many sources (including the Polyhex site; Chartstats is inconsistent on this kind of thing though) wouldn't count all of those physical re-releases (the last one was in 2006, since 2007 it's been re-charting on download only) into one week count so I guess it depends on your perspective there.

 

On the thread: Amy Winehouse - Rehab has spent 59 weeks in the top 75 but only the first 34 of those were consecutive.

Edited November 14, 201113 yr by superbossanova

Date - Artist - Title - Weeks - Consecutive

02/12/1961 Mr Acker Bilk Stranger On The Shore 55 55

28/01/1967 Engelbert Humperdinck Release Me 56 56

02/04/1969 Frank Sinatra My Way 122 42

05/12/1970 Judy Collins Amazing Grace 67 32

26/11/1983 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax 52 48

29/07/2006 Snow Patrol Chasing Cars 105 48

28/10/2006 Amy Winehouse Rehab 59 34

27/10/2007 Take That Rule The World 73 30

16/02/2008 Flo Rida ft T-Pain Low 53 38

20/09/2008 Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire 87 42

04/10/2008 Kings Of Leon Use Somebody 65 40

01/11/2008 Adele Make You Feel My Love 55 34

13/12/2008 Jason Mraz I'm Yours 56 47

24/01/2009 Lady Gaga Poker Face 66 46

25/04/2009 Journey Don't Stop Believin' 59 48

20/06/2009 Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling 76 63

13/03/2010 Tinie Tempah Pass Out 57 39

 

Being the worst song of all time doesn't seem to have hindered Rockstar from staying the charts for ages. :(

25/04/2009 Journey Don't Stop Believin' 59 48

 

Thanks for the list! Did you count for Journey the four weeks in 1982?

'My Way' by Frank Sinatra had 124 Chart Weeks. There were 2 in 1994:,

 

16/04/1994 - 45 - 58

 

'Release Me' by Engelbert Humpadinck, had a 57th Chart Week in 2004:,

 

12/06/2004 - 51

 

'Relax' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, had 7 further Weeks in 1993. It was a Remix, but that is

how the Single got 52 Chart Weeks in the 1980's - several Remixes were released to keep the

Hit in the Charts.

 

02/10/1993 - 6-5-8-13-19-41-58

 

'Don't Stop Believin' should have 63 Chart Weeks. Its 4 Weeks from 1982 have not been added in:,

 

27/02/1982 - 72-62-63-71

Edited November 15, 201113 yr by zeus555

'Relax' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, had 7 further Weeks in 1993. It was a Remix, but that is

how the Single got 52 Chart Weeks in the 1980's - several Remixes were released to keep the

Hit in the Charts.

 

Partly, but the remixes were I believe only on 12" and it was the 7" that was still getting the bulk of the sales.

 

Thanks zeus555!

You're forgetting it's been re-released about 700 times. Add all of them up and it probably comes to 55 weeks total - can't be arsed to check though. Although many sources (including the Polyhex site; Chartstats is inconsistent on this kind of thing though) wouldn't count all of those physical re-releases (the last one was in 2006, since 2007 it's been re-charting on download only) into one week count so I guess it depends on your perspective there.

 

Yes, I was only thinkimg of the download era, I'd forgotten about all the 80's re-entries.