It was my mistake all along, I had duplicated Chico's week at No. 18 in my database when it should have gone to Madonna.

 

Apologies to Thermometer, at least it has fixed one error in my data

Shortest Running #1s

 

051. The Proclaimers feat. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" 3-1-1-1-4-9-17-31-55-72->10

052. Daniel Bedingfield "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" 1-4-8-13-18-24-28-40-48-52-52->11

053. Eminem "Like Toy Soldiers" 1-3-4-12-17-24-31-47-55-62R(2)-65-68->12

054. Sugababes "Hole In The Head" 1-5-6-8-19-25-39-42-58-70-72-69-69->13

055. Cheryl Cole "Promise This" 1-2-7-17-19-28-37-42-38-33-52->11

056. JLS "Love You More" 1-3-10-14-23-19-23-34-45-57-72-71R(2)->12

057. Band Aid 20 "Do They Know It's Christmas" 1-1-1-1-2-6-31-43-56-65-52R(43)->11

058. Nelly "My Place/Flap Your Wings" 1-2-4-3-6-17-20-30-44-56-72->11

059. Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Ranx "Mysterious Girl {2004}" 1-3-4-9-15-21-19-28-41-50-61->11

060. Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida "Troublemaker" 1-1-3-5-7-4-6-10-13->9

 

We start off with a song that is still in the charts, Olly Murs' most recent chart hit "Troublemaker". Peter Andre obviously wasn't happy about "Mysterious Girl" only going to #2 when it was originally released in 1996 - it was re-promoted and went to #1 in 2004, however its chart run is not as exciting as its 96' run, where it spent 11 weeks in the top 10. At #58 two Nelly songs, I can not remember any of them and neither can most of the general public today. At #57 a song that everyone remembers, but maybe not everyone remembers this version. It was Christmas #1 in 2004. We go to 2010 for the next 2 entries, JLS "Love You More" and Cheryl Cole "Promise This". Sugababes are at #54. We should not be expecting them to hit the weekly top 40 again, however there are rumours that Origibabes also known as MKS are getting back together - however there have been no plans so far that I know of to release a single or album as MKS. The section finishes off with The Proclaimers who re-did their classic 80s song for Comic Relief.

 

Edited February 3, 201312 yr by 2013 Thermometer

Shortest Running #1s

 

041. Cher Lloyd "Swagger Jagger" 1-3-11-19-31-41-48-58-73-73-41-59-> 12

042. Oasis "Lyla" 1-6-14-23-38-42-52-56-64-54-56-65-72->13

043. Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band feat. Military Wives "Sing" 11-1-3-11-23-27-34-40-51-71-64->11

044. Steve Brookstein "Against All Odds" 2-1-2-4-12-27-33-38-44-64->10

045. Wretch 32 feat. Josh Kumra "Don't Go" 1-4-7-13-17-26-29-35-57-70-69R(4)->11

046. Brian McFadden "Real To Me" 1-6-6-13-28-30-43-47-62-63-59-67->12

047. Roll Deep feat. Tania Foster "Green Light" 1-4-6-13-16-24-29-40-54-57-69->11

048. Chris Brown "Turn Up The Music" 1-5-9-20-23-19-19-36-52-67-61R(5)->11

049. Chico "It's Chico Time" 1-1-2-8-18-26-13-26-47-60->10

050. Cover Drive "Twilight" 1-6-7-10-19-26-25-32-42-58-70->11

 

Starting the top 50 is Cover Drive with "Twilight". Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music" is at #48. Inbetween them is former X Factor contestant Chico with his terrible song named after him. Roll Deep's 2nd and final chart topper "Green Light" is at #47. We then have a row of boring songs, starting with "Real To Me" (I have forgotten how this sounded) and ending with "Lyla". Finishing off is the novelty song "Swagger Jagger" by former X Factor contestant Cher Lloyd.

 

"Swagger Jagger" is one of the WORST EVER songs known to man. Especially the bad press of what was happening in the news the week she got to #1 ;)

Shortest Running #1s

 

031. JLS "The Club Is Alive" 1-7-9-16-23-32-39-53-63->9

032. Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band "The Official BBC Children In Need Medley" 18-1-1-2-4-11-35-61->8

033. Busted "Who's David?" 1-4-18-35-38-35-36-43-55-69->10

034. Kylie Minogue "Slow" 1-4-12-17-26-45-56-53-58-61->10

035. Leon Jackson "When You Believe" 1-1-1-5-15-27-42-67-71->9

036. Westlife "Mandy" 1-3-5-6-14-16-45-54-75->9

037. Sak Noel "Loca People" 1-3-8-13-21-24-39-56-67-73->10

038. Ciara feat. Petey Pablo "Goodies" 68->1 // 1-3-6-10-12-24-41-52-72->9

039. Busted "You Said No" 1-4-9-14-19-25-33-41-55-65->10

040. Alexandra Burke feat. Laza Morgan "Start Without You" 1-1-5-10-19-27-37-47-53-60->10

 

Now in the top 40 non-#1s. We start off with Alexandra Burke's chart topper "Start Without You", her worst song to date. Busted are next with their first #1 "You Said No". They also appear at #33 with "Who's David?". Two great songs sit next to each other, those being "Goodies" and "Loca People". The latter is one of my favourite songs of 2011. Westlife cover Barry Manilow's Mandy at #36. Leon Jackson won X Factor in 2007 and so was guaranteed a #1 single. "When You Believe" is at #35. A Kylie song that isn't a fan favourite, "Slow" went to #1 in 2003 but is forgotten in favour of songs such as "On A Night Like This" and "All The Lovers". Peter Kay's most recent charity effort is at #32 and JLS finish the section off with "The Club Is Alive", which is terrible and uses too much autotune.

 

Shortest Running #1s

 

21. will.i.am feat. Britney Spears "Scream & Shout" 2-3-2-2-1-1->6

22. X Factor Finalists 2009 "You Are Not Alone" 1-2-5-11-12-29-51->7

23. Sam and Mark "With A Little Help From My Friends" 1-2-13-25-42-49-73-74-67-67->10

24. McFly "I'll Be OK" 1-8-15-27-41-49-58-54-54->9

25. U2 "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" 1-7-18-27-35-39-56-60-60R(2)->9

26. Joe McElderry "The Climb" 2-1-2-15-25-38-50-68->8

27. Ja Rule feat. R Kelly & Ashanti "Wonderful" 1-6-11-21-33-48-63-73-73-72->10

28. Diana Vickers "Once" 1-4-8-18-31-44-48-65-75R(6)->9

29. Example "Stay Awake" 1-5-6-14-19-29-47-64->8

30. Dizzee Rascal "Dirtee Disco" 1-4-12-22-35-41-47-61-62-66->10

 

Almost at the end of this countdown, Dizzee's most recent #1 as a solo artist starts off, it's one of his best songs to date but today is only remembered for missing the top 100 songs of its year. We have another 2010 flop #1, this time from Diana Vickers who after "Once" never had any big hits again and clearly Once wasn't a very big hit itself. Inbetween Diana and Dizzee is Example who is one of the many artists that stopped Moves Like Jagger from going to #1. At #27 Ja Rule with forgotten hit "Wonderful" and at #26 is Joe McElderry - who won The X Factor. U2 start off the top 25. McFly are at #24. We will see them two more times in this countdown. Sam and Mark from Pop Idol are at #23, another Joe McElderry related entry at #22 - all the finalists of the 2009 series made a charity song covering Michael Jackson who had died that year. will.i.am finishes us off with "Scream & Shout" which does not deserve to be in this list and would not be this low had I started this countdown a few months later.

 

Isn't it a bit unfair to include songs that are currently in the charts? Scream & Shout is obviously gonna rack up a good few more weeks in the Top 75 yet, so you can't really compare it to the other 9 songs above.

Shortest Running #1s

 

011. Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud "Walk This Way" 1-2-14-24-43-69->6

012. Elvis Presley "Jailhouse Rock" 1-10-50-57-27-37-64->7

013. Shout For England feat. Dizzee Rascal & James Corden "Shout" 1-1-3-15-40-62->6

014. Nero "Promises" 1-5-13-22-36-52-66->7

015. X Factor Finalists 2010 "Heroes" 1-1-7-14-22-47->6

016. Military Wives & Gareth Malone "Wherever You Are" 1-4-14-24-34-46-65->7

017. Little Mix "Cannonball" 1-2-6-15-30-49-68->7

018. Westlife "The Rose" 1-3-5-11-21-36-40->7

019. James Arthur "Impossible" 1-2-1-1-3-7->6

020. Robbie Williams "Radio" 1-3-9-17-30-37-52-66->8

 

Now into the top 20 floppy #1s of the last 10 years. Robbie Williams went to #1 in 2004 with "Radio", and it would be his last #1 ever - until "Candy" came along. It is at #20 in this chart. James Arthur is next with "Impossible". The song is still charting and doesn't deserve to be in this group of flops. Another X Factor winning act, Little Mix are at #17 with "Cannonball". The 2010 Finalists finish at #15 with "Heroes". Westlife's final #1 is at #18 and the Christmas #1 of 2011 is at #16. Nero's brilliant "Promises" was lucky enough to get to #1 on a low-sales week, but like all their other singles it fell down the chart very fast. The charity single for the World Cup, by Dizzee and James Corden is at #13. Another Comic Relief chart topper is in this section, at #11. Between the 2 charity singles we have an Elvis re-issue.

 

Shortest Running #1s

 

001. Rage Against The Machine "Killing In The Name" 1-2-40->3

002. McFly "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania" 1-20-39-59->4

003. Elvis Presley "It's Now Or Never" 1-14-27-61->4

004. Vanessa Jenkins & Bryn West feat. Sir Tom Jones & Robin Gibb "Islands In The Stream" 1-3-23-51->4

005. Justice Collective "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" 1-5-21-47->4

006. Katie Melua & Eva Cassidy "What A Wonderful World" 1-2-14-53->4

007. X Factor Finalists 2011 feat. JLS & One Direction "Wishing On A Star" 1-2-17-48->4

008. Helping Haiti "Everybody Hurts" 1-1-9-26-42->5

009. Elvis Presley "One Night/I Got Stung" 1-20-40-26-31-51->6

010. McFly "Star Girl" 1-9-19-27-42-62->6

 

And we come to the end of the countdown. Rage Against The Machine, the Christmas #1 of 2009 is the shortest running #1 of recent times. In 2nd place is McFly with their 1-20 dive. Elvis re-issues take up 3rd and 9th place. Another McFly song starts the section off at #10. The rest of the countdown is full of charity singles, Helping Haiti, X Factor Finalists, Justice Collective and Comic Relief. We also have a duet from Katie and Eva.

 

Surprised at that #1! (Though it did have a chart run in the '90s too tbf) I had it pegged as either being one of the Elvis reissues, McFly or a charity single.

And here is the recap of the shortest running #1s. Note that the position is where it finished in the longest running #1s countdown. (so #136 = longer chart run than #137)

 

Pos/Points/Year/Artist/Title

 

136 1269 2005 Nizlopi JCB Song

137 1262 2010 Olly Murs Please Don't Let Me Go

138 1261 2009 Cascada Evacuate The Dancefloor

139 1260 2005 Pussycat Dolls Stickwitu

140 1251 2012 Sam and the Womp! Bom Bom

141 1251 2006 Meck Thunder In My Heart Again

142 1251 2005 Stereophonics Dakota

143 1248 2012 Labrinth Beneath Your Beautiful

144 1232 2012 DJ Fresh Hot Right Now

145 1226 2009 Pixie Lott Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)

146 1214 2004 Mario Winans I Don't Wanna Know

147 1211 2003 Fatman Scoop Be Faithful

148 1202 2003 Beyonce Crazy In Love

149 1200 2004 Usher Yeah!

150 1192 2003 David Sneddon Stop Living The Lie

151 1171 2009 Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck…

152 1164 2004 Britney Spears Everytime

153 1162 2004 3 Of A Kind Baby Cakes

154 1161 2012 Calvin Harris Sweet Nothing

155 1150 2004 Shapeshifters Lola's Theme

156 1131 2009 Pixie Lott Boys And Girls

157 1131 2003 Room 5 Make Luv

158 1130 2012 Ne-Yo Let Me Love You

159 1128 2010 B.o.B Nothin' On You

160 1110 2011 DJ Fresh Louder

161 1109 2003 Gareth Gates Spirit In The Sky

162 1097 2005 Oasis The Importance Of Being Idle

163 1090 2012 Robbie Williams Candy

164 1086 2006 Ne-Yo So Sick

165 1085 2009 JLS Everybody In Love

166 1080 2006 Madonna Sorry

167 1075 2004 Britney Spears Toxic

168 1059 2008 Mint Royale Singin' In The Rain

169 1058 2012 will.i.am This Is Love

170 1052 2006 Nelly Furtado Maneater

171 1034 2010 Roll Deep Good Times

172 1032 2005 Jennifer Lopez Get Right

173 1031 2012 Wiley Heatwave

174 1016 2006 Beyonce déjà vu

175 1015 2010 Ne-Yo Beautiful Monster

176 1011 2012 Rita Ora How We Do (Party)

177 1010 2004 Natasha Bedingfield These Words

178 1003 2004 Girls Aloud I'll Stand By You

179 1002 2005 McFly All About You

180 1000 2008 X Factor Finalists Hero

181 994 2006 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This

182 988 2009 Chipmunk Oopsy Daisy

183 987 2012 Katy Perry Part of Me

184 987 2009 Tinchy Stryder Never Leave You

185 987 2004 Busted Thunderbirds/3AM

186 985 2011 Ke$ha We R Who We R

187 985 2003 Elton John Are You Ready For Love

188 979 2004 LMC Take Me To The Clouds…

189 975 2004 The Streets Dry Your Eyes

190 975 2004 Usher Burn

191 970 2012 Tulisa Young

192 967 2004 Eminem Just Lose It

193 957 2006 Arctic Monkeys When the Sun Goes Down

194 953 2012 Cheryl Cole Call My Name

195 952 2011 Dappy No Regrets

196 948 2011 JLS She Makes Me Wanna

197 947 2009 Dizzee Rascal Holiday

198 931 2004 Michelle McManus All This Time

199 928 2008 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah

200 926 2012 Gabrielle Aplin The Power of Love

201 926 2004 McFly Obviously

202 920 2009 Jay-Z Run This Town

203 920 2005 Nelly Over And Over

204 912 2004 U2 Vertigo

205 910 2011 Jason Derulo Don't Wanna Go Home

206 901 2003 Tomcraft Loneliness

207 890 2010 Matt Cardle When We Collide

208 889 2003 Christina Aguilera Beautiful

209 869 2012 One Direction Little Things

210 869 2004 McFly 5 Colours In Her Hair

211 867 2003 Busted Crashed The Wedding

212 859 2012 Olly Murs Troublemaker

213 859 2004 Peter Andre Mysterious Girl 04'

214 856 2004 Nelly My Place/Flap Your Wings

215 852 2004 Band Aid 20 Do They Know It's Christmas?

216 840 2010 JLS Love You More

217 835 2010 Cheryl Cole Promise This

218 830 2003 Sugababes Hole In The Head

219 823 2005 Eminem Like Toy Soldiers

220 823 2003 Daniel Bedingfield Never Gonna Leave Your…

221 816 2007 Proclaimers (I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles

222 815 2012 Cover Drive Twilight

223 808 2006 Chico It's Chico Time

224 799 2012 Chris Brown Turn Up The Music

225 798 2010 Roll Deep Green Light

226 787 2004 Brian McFadden Real To Me

227 783 2011 Wretch 32 Don't Go

228 783 2005 Steve Brookstein Against All Odds

229 775 2012 Gary Barlow Sing

230 770 2005 Oasis Lyla

231 754 2011 Cher Lloyd Swagger Jagger

232 750 2010 Alexandra Burke Start Without You

233 744 2003 Busted You Said No

234 721 2005 Ciara Goodies

235 705 2011 Sak Noel Loca People

236 690 2003 Westlife Mandy

237 679 2007 Leon Jackson When You Believe

238 677 2003 Kylie Minogue Slow

239 676 2004 Busted Who's David

240 675 2009 Peter Kay The Official BBC Children…

241 666 2010 JLS The Club Is Alive

242 659 2010 Dizzee Rascal Dirtee Disco

243 623 2011 Example Stay Awake

244 615 2010 Diana Vickers Once

245 609 2004 Ja Rule Wonderful

246 607 2009 Joe McElderry The Climb

247 606 2005 U2 Sometimes You Can't…

248 602 2005 McFly I'll Be OK

249 597 2004 Sam And Mark With A Little Help From My…

250 596 2009 X Factor Finalists You Are Not Alone

251 595 2013 will.i.am Scream & Shout

252 593 2004 Robbie Williams Radio

253 591 2012 James Arthur Impossible

254 590 2006 Westlife The Rose

255 536 2011 Little Mix Cannonball

256 519 2011 Military Wives Wherever You Are

257 514 2010 X Factor Finalists Heroes

258 512 2011 Nero Promises

259 484 2010 Shout For England Shout

260 461 2005 Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock

261 453 2007 Sugababes Walk This Way

262 446 2006 McFly Star Girl

263 437 2005 Elvis Presley One Night/I Got Stung

264 426 2010 Helping Haiti Everybody Hurts

265 336 2011 X Factor Finalists Wishing On A Star

266 334 2007 Katie Melua What A Wonderful World

267 330 2012 Justice Collective He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

268 326 2009 Vanessa Jenkins Islands In The Stream

269 301 2005 Elvis Presley It's Now Or Never

270 285 2007 McFly Baby's Coming Back

271 260 2009 Rage Against The Machine Killing In The Name