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"Chasing Cars" racks up it's 109th week in the Top 75, now just 15 behind "My Way"

 

161 weeks in the top 100, so it's racked up exactly a year between 76 and 100. It and 'Fairytale Of New York' must hold the record for charting in the top 75 at least once for the most consecutive calendar years - they're now joint again on 8 each, 'Fairytale Of New York' 05-12 and 'Chasing Cars' 06-13 but The Pogues will pull ahead again at the end of the year.

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Note - all references in this post relate to the Top 75 only

"Chasing Cars" racks up it's 109th week in the Top 75, now just 15 behind "My Way"

But only 42 weeks top 50 (If I've counted correctly from Polyhex) which was the chart size when 'My Way' was around, which really puts it in perspective what an incredible run it had.

 

Edit: Of course CC would have had 9 more weeks top 50 had it not been deleted due to the crazy chart rules of the time.

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Singles:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart singles for artist(s) in order listed):

#1 Ellie Goulding - Burn [12]

#5 Lady Gaga - Applause [22]

#8 Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? [16]

#10 The Wanted - We Own The Night [11]

#12 Ray Foxx feat. Rachel K Collier - Boom Boom (Heartbeat) [2; 2]

#44 The Vaccines - Melody Calling [6]

#71 Olly Murs - Right Place Right Time [12[A]]

#79 Select Hits - Sonnentanz (Sun Don't Shine) [1] [B]

#83 Baby Blue - Bump [3]

 

Re-entries:

#64 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody [reduced to 59p on iTunes]

#66 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars [reduced to 59p on iTunes]

#70 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles [reduced to 59p on iTunes]

#77 M83 - Midnight City [used in an ad]

#80 Florence + The Machine - Spectrum

#85 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know [reduced to 59p on iTunes]

#86 Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag [reduced to 59p on iTunes]

#89 Otto Knows - Million Voices [boosted by 'Summer Beats 2013' compilation?]

#92 Lana Del Rey - Young And Beautiful [boosted by success of 'Summertime Sadness'?]

#95 Iggy Azalea - Bounce

 

New peaks:

#15 Drake feat. Majid Jordan - Hold On, We're Going Home [from #56; first full week on sale]

#26 Justin Timberlake - Take Back The Night [from #29]

#28 Le Youth - C O O L [from #35]

#30 OneRepublic - Counting Stars [from #43]

#60 Bastille - Things We Lost In The Fire [from #84]

#98 Lissie - Further Away (Romance Police) [from #99]

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#59 Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up

#60 AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It

#61 Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

#67 Lawson feat. B.o.B - Brokenhearted *

#69 Leona Lewis - Run

#70 Radiohead - Creep

#71 Brookes Brothers feat. Chrom3 - Carry Me On *

#76 Jay-Z - 99 Problems

#79 Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry

#80 The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'

#85 Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack

#89 Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre

#90 Avicii - Levels

#91 Rihanna - Diamonds

#93 Nelly - Hey Porsche

#94 Gabrielle Aplin - Home *

#95 Run-D.M.C. - It's Tricky

#96 Stooshe - Black Heart

#97 Justin Timberlake - Tunnel Vision *

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Ellie Goulding

Le Youth

Majid Jordan

Rachel K Collier

Ray Foxx

Select Hits

 

Albums:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart albums for artist(s) in order listed):

#4 White Lies - BIG TV [3]

#35 Glen Campbell - See You There [13]

#86 Booker T - Sound The Alarm [1[C]]

 

Re-entries:

#66 Chase & Status - No More Idols [price reduction on iTunes]

#73 Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon [boosted by new single 'She'?]

#89 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream [boosted by new single 'Roar']

#92 Led Zeppelin - Mothership

#93 The Rolling Stones - Hyde Park Live

#94 Eminem - Curtain Call - The Hits [Reading & Leeds Festival effect?]

#95 KT Tunstall - Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon

#98 David Bowie - The Next Day

#100 Paloma Faith - Fall To Grace

 

New peaks:

none

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#65 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

#70 Elvis Presley - Elvis At Stax *

#71 Newsted - Heavy Metal Music *

#73 Moderat - II *

#77 The Tenors - Lead With Your Heart *

#81 The xx - Coexist

#88 Mogwai - Les Revenants

#90 Jamie Cullum - Momentum

#92 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.

#97 Bellowhead - Broadside

#98 The Defiled - Daggers *

#99 Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Booker T [D]

 

Longest running entries (with an unbroken top 100 run since entering for the first time):

 

Singles:

:left: 1 50wks PSY - Gangnam Style

:left: 2 45wks Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - Don't You Worry Child

:left: 3 44wks The Lumineers - Ho Hey

:left: 4 38wks Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

:left: 5 31wks Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop

:left: =6 28wks Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man

:left: =6 28wks P!nk feat. Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason

:left: =8 27wks Avicii vs. Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One

:left: =8 27wks Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

:left: 10 25wks Bastille - Pompeii

 

Albums:

:left: 1 134wks Adele - 21

:left: 2 101wks Ed Sheeran - +

:left: 3 98wks Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

:left: 4 91wks One Direction - Up All Night

:left: 5 79wks Emeli Sandé - Our Version Of Events

:left: 6 64wks Δ - An Awesome Wave

:left: 7 51wks Of Monsters And Men - My Head Is An Animal

:left: 8 49wks The Script - #3

:left: 9 48wks P!nk - The Truth About Love

:left: 10 47wks Mumford & Sons - Babel

 

Notes:

[A] +1 as a member of The X Factor Finalists 2009

[B] Opportunistic cover version of upcoming release by Klangkarussell feat. Will Heard

[C] +2 as a member of Booker T. & The MG's

[D] As a solo artist

 

Only three new entries in the entire top 100 albums, 2 in the top 75... :drama:

Leona out due to being back to 99p :(

 

It was her longest run at being 59p though, so I'm really happy. It also helped to add 16k+ to the total sales of "Run" as well. :wub:

 

Hope another one of her songs gets reduced to 59p. Would love it if "Happy" or "Better In Time" we reduced to 59p then spammed as music for X-factor or something :kink:

 

I think that the whole Top 10 of Longest running entries (Albums) will be steady for a long time.. :zzz: On the other hand, i think that "22" will be out the next week.. :( Could you tell me Brett which song will replace 22..?

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But only 42 weeks top 50 (If I've counted correctly from Polyhex) which was the chart size when 'My Way' was around, which really puts it in perspective what an incredible run it had.

 

Edit: Of course CC would have had 9 more weeks top 50 had it not been deleted due to the crazy chart rules of the time.

 

 

Agreed on the 42 weeks top 50, making it joint 14th in that category. Of recent tunes, "Sex On Fire" is the highest with 54 weeks, 6th all-time, one week and one position ahead of "Someone Like You".

 

Two of "My Way"'s weeks were in the Top 75 era, one of which was in the Top 50.

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Forgot to post this earlier, 'A Thousand Years' has reached 52 weeks in the top 100 to match the total of 'Jar Of Hearts', so both of Christina Perri's top 100 hits have spent (exactly) a year in the chart, while 'Arms' missed the top 100 entirely. It seems weird that 'A Thousand Years' will almost certainly overtake the top 100 longevity of 'Jar Of Hearts' this week, but it's just almost refused to leave the top 100 since the last Twilight film came out!

 

In just top 75 terms though 'Jar Of Hearts' is still some way ahead, 46 weeks top 75 compared to 38 for 'A Thousand Years'. And of course its actual sales are also still a lot higher.

161 weeks in the top 100, so it's racked up exactly a year between 76 and 100. It and 'Fairytale Of New York' must hold the record for charting in the top 75 at least once for the most consecutive calendar years - they're now joint again on 8 each, 'Fairytale Of New York' 05-12 and 'Chasing Cars' 06-13 but The Pogues will pull ahead again at the end of the year.

 

 

"Fairytale of New York" already has a 2013 entry, number 32 on chart w/e 5/1/13

 

 

Records to chart (Top 75 only) in 5 or more diifferent years

 

15 years

Slade Merry Xmas Everybody

73-74-81-82-83-84-85-86-06-07-08-09-10-11-12

In addtion, a live version attributed to Slade & The Reading Choir hit in 1980, and a remix credited to Slade vs Flush (Merry Xmas Everybody '98) was on charts in late 98 and early 99

A total of 18 years for all three versions combined

 

13 years

Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York

87-88-91-92-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13

9 consecutive years is a record in itself

 

12 years

Wizzard I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

73-74-81-81-82-84-85-07-08-09-10-11-12

 

11 years

John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

72-73-75-80-81-82-83-03-04-07-08

Surprisingly hasn't charted in the top 75 in the last 4 Christmases

 

10 years

John Lennon Imagine

75-76-80-91-99-00-07-12 as a stand alone, 88-89 as a double A-side with Jealous Guy

The most by a non-Christmas song

Wham! Last Christmas

07-08-09-10-11-12 as a stand alone, 84-85-86-87 as a Double A-side with Everything She Wants

 

9 years

Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas?

84-85-86-07-08-09-10-11-12

Other versions add 89-90 for Band Aid II & 04-05 for Band Aid 20 - which would be a total of 13 years

Mariah Carey All I Want For Christmas Is You

94-95-07-08-09-10-11-12-13

Shakin' Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone

85-86-87-07-08-09-10-11-12

 

8 years

Snow Patrol Chasing Cars

06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13

 

7 years

Chris Rea Driving Home For Christmas

88-07-08-09-10-11-12

Killers Mr Brightside

04-07-08-09-10-12-13

Michael Jackson Thriller

83-84-07-08-09-10-12

Moody Blues Nights In White Satin

67-68-72-73-79-80-10

The first record to chart in 6 separate years

Ray Parker Jr Ghostbusters

84-85-07-08-09-10-12

 

6 years

Bing Crosby White Christmas

77-78-85-98-99-07

Would surely have been more had charts been in operation before 1952

Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer

86-87-08-09-10-12

Coldplay Viva La Vida

08-09-10-11-12-13

Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock

58-71-72-77-83-05

The Jailhouse Rock EP doesn't add any different years (only charted in 58)

Eminem Lose Yourself

02-03-09-11-12-13

Kings Of Leon Use Somebody

08-09-10-11-12-13

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)

75-92-95-96-05-06

 

5 Years

Aerosmith I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

Bill Haley & His Comets Rock Around The Clock

Bobby Boris Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers Monster Mash

Brenda Lee Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Coldplay Fix You

Coolio featuring LV Gangsta's Paradise

Elton John Step Into Christmas

Frank Sinatra My Way

Frankie Goes To Hollywood The Power Of Love

Goo Goo Dolls Iris

Guns 'n' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine

House Of Pain Jump Around

Jason Mraz I'm Yours

Journey Don't Stop Believin'

Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire

Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man

Oasis Whatever

Righteous Brothers You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Script The Man Who Can't Be Moved

Stevie Wonder Superstition

Take That Rule The World

U2 With Or Without You

Wink Martindale Deck Of Cards

 

 

 

As ever, amendments/corrections/additions etc gladly welcomed

 

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Oh I don't use the same year boundaries as the OCC in my spreadsheets hence the Pogues confusion! I suppose officially they do have a 2013 chart week (although this won't matter later anyway as it'll definitely re-enter again in a couple of months).

 

Also was gonna say 'Sex On Fire' should have a 2013 week but that's again me confusing my spreadsheet with the 'official' stats as it has a 2013 peak of #81.

 

Thanks for the list by the way!

Leona out due to being back to 99p :(

 

It was her longest run at being 59p though, so I'm really happy. It also helped to add 16k+ to the total sales of "Run" as well. :wub:

 

Hope another one of her songs gets reduced to 59p. Would love it if "Happy" or "Better In Time" we reduced to 59p then spammed as music for X-factor or something :kink:

She's still 59p and was last week too. It looks like the reduction doesn't help her anymore.

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