Snow Patrol look likely to chart for yet another week pushing it one step closer to the inevitable million seller.

 

I wonder if that would make 'Chasing Cars' the first million-seller never to reach the top 5. :o

22. OneRepublic "Counting Stars"

 

Great to see this making progress. Could well be the Train "Drive By" of the year (they sound similar too).

Gutted to see Mel and Matt down to #15 - However still doing 1,000 times better than I ever hoped! Hopeful the 'This Morning' performance tomorrow can stabilise it

I think Matt and Mel will struggle to get back up there even with promo. It was nice while it lasted but it's back to a good old mediocre iTunes top 10.

I think Wonder is better than Lifted, but Lifted sounds and feels more like a hit so it's not a huge shock it's looking to do better.

I wonder if that would make 'Chasing Cars' the first million-seller never to reach the top 5. :o

Yeah I'm pretty sure it would actually! Isn't I Don't Want To Miss A Thing currently the lowest peaking million seller? (peaked at #4)

I wonder if that would make 'Chasing Cars' the first million-seller never to reach the top 5. :o

 

Blue Monday sold over a million copies on its original release without going any higher than #9 I believe. A remix from 1988 did make #3 though.

Sexy and I Know It might make a million too, and that only peaked at #5.

Yay for Lifted 59p! :cheer: Movement pls. Seems like they've been at #8 forever.

 

Typical! Reduce the price after I've bought it for 99p! I don't care though, anything to help the track chart well but I don't think it will go higher than 8, I'd rather Lana stays at 7 and Sean Paul drop to 8 so Naughty Boy can get to 6 :lol:

'Lifted' has really grown on me, heard it on the radio today and it's got such an epic sound. Not a patch on 'La La La' though.

 

It'd be nice if Rizzle Kicks could get a number one on their own, although I think 'Lost Generation' is fairly weak.

'Don't Stop Believin'' (also a #6) will probably pass the million mark in the not-too-distant future. 'Ho Hey' (#8) has also sold over 700k and is still around although starting to fall a bit quicker, if it continues to get occasional big boosts (X Factor? :P) that might become a million seller at some point as well maybe?

 

On an unrelated note:

74. Right There (feat. Big Sean) - Ariana Grande

Ariana to get 2 new top 75/100 hits this week then? This one is the instant grat track on her album pre-order.

On an unrelated note:

74. Right There (feat. Big Sean) - Ariana Grande

Ariana to get 2 new top 75/100 hits this week then? This one is the instant grat track on her album pre-order.

 

Right There is a really good song. I prefer it over her 2nd US single, Baby I (although it's also good).

Blue Monday sold over a million copies on its original release without going any higher than #9 I believe.

Well I never knew that :o

Blue Monday sold over a million copies on its original release without going any higher than #9 I believe. A remix from 1988 did make #3 though.

 

And what a song! 1.16 million copies sold but yes never higher than #9.

 

I believe that Macy Gray's "I Try" was the highest selling #6 record before "Chasing Cars" (Maybe biggest selling Top 10 hits that didn't make the Top 5 between 1990 and 2013 is an idea for a Gezza countdown thread). :P

Typical! Reduce the price after I've bought it for 99p! I don't care though, anything to help the track chart well but I don't think it will go higher than 8, I'd rather Lana stays at 7 and Sean Paul drop to 8 so Naughty Boy can get to 6 :lol:

I bought it for 99p too, but oh well. For Emeli. <3

 

And yes, that needs to happen. Sean Paul isn't even relevant (unless he's longside The Saturdays). :smoke:

My inner chart geek would love to know the highest-selling song for each position in the UK top 40. :lol: 1-5 are probably really easy to find out but anything beneath is a mystery. I take it 'Set Fire To The Rain' or 'I'm Yours' is the highest selling #11. :lol:

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My inner chart geek would love to know the highest-selling song for each position in the UK top 40. :lol: 1-5 are probably really easy to find out but anything beneath is a mystery. I take it 'Set Fire To The Rain' or 'I'm Yours' is the highest selling #11. :lol:

 

The highest selling #7 has to be LeAnn Rimes "How Do I Live" - an absolutely massive chart run for that one in the high selling late nineties era too.

Does the 1.16 million copies of 'Blue Monday' not include the remix sales?

My inner chart geek would love to know the highest-selling song for each position in the UK top 40. :lol: 1-5 are probably really easy to find out but anything beneath is a mystery. I take it 'Set Fire To The Rain' or 'I'm Yours' is the highest selling #11. :lol:

 

I think I'm Yours is for the #11.

 

I'd honestly be interested for every position in the top 200. :lol: I suspect most of the ones lower down would be from the past few years. And it would also be interesting to know the best-selling song that never charted (I think there was a thread on that a while ago).

My inner chart geek would love to know the highest-selling song for each position in the UK top 40. :lol: 1-5 are probably really easy to find out but anything beneath is a mystery. I take it 'Set Fire To The Rain' or 'I'm Yours' is the highest selling #11. :lol:

I'm sure I saw a thread on this around here somewhere a while ago, I'll see if I can find it, or maybe someone else can?

 

Does the 1.16 million copies of 'Blue Monday' not include the remix sales?

Surely it must do, as re-releases and remixes are normally classified under the same song.