The person at the BBC who is meant to update the charts seems to have knocked off early today so I've had to wait for the albums chart again. However, the commentary is now available from the front page and the latest news box.

In a few of the UK Mid Weeks, Happy by Pharrell Williams, was back in the Top 10,

at No.10. Had it managed it in the Weekly Chart, it would now be one of only 10 Hits

to spend as many as 21, (or more), Weeks in the Top 10.

 

It has risen to No.11, so it becomes one of only 16 Hits to spend as many as 20,

(or more), Weeks in the Top 10.

 

Here is the full List - with lots of other Chart Trivia contained in it.....

 

UK SINGLES - WITH THE MOST WEEKS IN THE TOP 10

 

(To W/E 7th June 2014)

 

(Weeks At No.1 After Year AND Non-No.1 Singles Indicated In Brackets)

 

01) I BELIEVE - FRANKIE LAINE (1953 - 18) - 35 Weeks

02) SECRET LOVE - DORIS DAY (1954 - 9) - 27 Weeks

03) THE HAPPY WANDERER - OBERNKIRCHEN CHILDREN’S CHOIR (1954) - 24 Weeks (No.2 Hit - 5 Weeks)

04) TERRY’S THEME (FROM ‘LIMELIGHT’) - FRANK CHACKSFIELD (1953) - 23 Weeks (No.2 Hit - 8 Weeks) @@@

05)=BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE - MARIO LANZA (1952) - 22 Weeks (No.3 Hit - 3 Weeks)

05)=THE SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE - MANTOVANI (1953 - 1) - 22 Weeks

05)=RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (1983/1993 - 5) - 22 Weeks

08)=SHE LOVES YOU - THE BEATLES (1963 - 6) - 21 Weeks

08)=(EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU - BRYAN ADAMS (1991 - 16) - 21 Weeks

10)=OH MEIN PAPA - EDDIE CALVERT (1953 - 9) - 20 Weeks

10)=CARA MIA - DAVID WHITFIELD WITH MANTOVANI AND HIS ORCHESTRA (1954 - 10) - 20 Weeks

10)=LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT - KITTY KALLEN (1954 - 1) - 20 Weeks

10)=(WE’RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS (1955/1956 - 5) - 20 Weeks

10)=BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN (1975/1991 - 9/5 = 14) - 20 Weeks ****

10)=LOVE IS ALL AROUND - WET WET WET (1994 - 15) - 20 Weeks

10)=HAPPY - PHARRELL WILLIAMS (2013 - 4) - 20 Weeks

 

 

@@@ = It is the most No.2 Weeks by any UK No.2 Hit. But not the most No.2 Weeks by any No.1 Hit. The 1952 to 1953 No.1, (1 Week), ‘You Belong To Me’ by Jo Stafford, spent 9 Weeks at No.2. Two other No.1 Hits have also spent 8 Weeks at No.2. They are both from 1954. ‘Such A Night’ by Johnnie Ray, spent 1 Week at No.1, & then fell to No.2, where it stayed for 8 consecutive Weeks - the most consecutive No.2 Weeks ever. Kitty Kallen’s ‘Little Things Mean A Lot’ was also a 1 Week No.1, & that also spent 8 Weeks at No.2.

 

 

**** = Some people do not combine the Chart Feats of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ in 1975 with those of 1991. This is because in 1991 it was a Double ‘A’ Side with ‘These Are The Days Of Our Lives’. However, the fact remains that ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was a No.1 Hit in both the 1970’s & the 1990’s, so it is only right that their Chart Statistics should be combined. After all, the Sales of the 2 releases are combined. That is why it is the UK’s 3rd Best Selling Single, with over 2,400,000 Sales - when its Downloads are added in.…

Edited June 1, 201411 yr by zeus555

Thanks for that Colin. The original version of the commentary was based on Happy going back into the top ten so I had to make a quick change :lol: