22 - Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk - 4,517 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 1

 

Weeks on chart - 76

 

Chart Run - 1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-3-6-9-8-8-5-8-12-12-12-11-12-14-16-18-19-18-21-19-28-28-30-32-32-35-35-41-43-36-43-39-47-50-48-49-48-53-61-81-72-77-80-76-71-55-53-73-80-74-77-74-71-68-82-71-75-86-75-97-95-100-100-95-86-89

21 - Mr Acker Bilk - Stranger on the shore - 4,534 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 2

 

Weeks on chart - 55

 

Chart Run - 32-16-14-6-6-8-2-2-2-5-8-7-12-11-13-8-8-7-6-7-13-12-10-15-13-12-11-12-11-11-9-9-17-19-18-20-19-18-22-23-27-30-32-31-38-47-39-35-40-33-31-45-39-43-37

20 - Bastille - Pompeii - 4,552 Points

 

 

 

Peak Position - 2

 

Weeks on chart - 103

 

Chart Run - 2-3-5-5-5-5-4-9-12-15-13-13-19-22-27-30-24-25-26-34-38-39-44-47-53-55-55-62-57-72-78-93-51-50-73-73-83-48-50-54-58-60-66-38-32-41-39-51-72-74-61-20-30-38-47-47-57-69-71-78-79-78-81-100-76-67-65-74-84-77-64-59-44-44-57-61-57-66-68-65-64-69-61-61-83-88-95-86-84-93-82-98-96-90-82-78-85-81-90-99-100-98-100

Nice to see Pompeii in the top 20 & above some of the last few songs from the same era

19 - Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody - 4,564 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 1

 

Weeks on chart - 90

 

Chart Run - 1-1-1-1-1-3-12-22-40-70-70-56-32-32-59-67-67-72-72-35-20-20-20-83-67-47-48-67-92-77-51-48-52-88-71-76-99-97-93-83-54-22-23-21-34-37-22-20-63-94-49-32-41-59-54-41-45-35-59-51-52-50-63-33-37-40-80-35-39-48-57-49-51-92-68-56-55-58-81-71-55-91-52-53-39-30-62-30-29-16

18 - Adele - Someone like you - 4,595 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 1

 

Weeks on chart - 78

 

Chart Run - 36-33-47-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-3-6-12-12-11-14-17-21-20-24-27-29-34-30-30-28-35-33-35-40-43-27-17-24-32-32-31-33-41-43-45-50-48-56-49-51-50-49-27-28-40-43-53-51-58-41-32-46-57-61-65-76-62-62-75-77-76-91-84-95-97-66-96-90-83-74-91-79

17 - Judy Collins - Amazing Grace - 4,615 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 5

 

Weeks on chart - 67

 

Chart Run - 49-42-34-34-30-21-19-8-8-6-5-5-6-7-9-13-6-19-18-23-24-23-29-37-30-42-38-46-38-47-49-45-48-47-47-41-41-47-40-49-50-48-48-31-46-24-23-20-21-21-22-26-32-29-31-31-38-40-37-42-37-42-46-50-49-49-49

16 - Frankie goes to hollywood - Relax - 4,650 Points

 

 

 

Peak Position - 1

 

Weeks on chart - 70

 

Chart Run - 77-77-67-55-54-55-46-46-35-6-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-16-21-23-21-29-29-31-26-24-21-17-16-11-5-3-2-2-3-3-3-6-7-12-20-22-29-41-47-50-66-71-93-87-89-79-68-58-64-74-91-96-86-83-89-6-5-8-13-19-41-58

what made that particular version of Amazing Grace do so well in the chart then? seems rather odd for a church hymn to be such a chart hit but then it was 1970 and another version of the song got to #1 in 1972.

 

great to see Slade sleighing the top 20 *_ and Relax has such a mighty chart run too, like no other.

what made that particular version of Amazing Grace do so well in the chart then? seems rather odd for a church hymn to be such a chart hit but then it was 1970 and another version of the song got to #1 in 1972.

 

No idea, I didn't even know it was such a huge hit until I did this countdown

The chart run for Relax is just incredible - especially when you consider that it was reliant upon physical purchases alone

15 - Bill Haley & his comets- Rock around the clock - 4,772 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 1

 

Weeks on chart - 57

 

Chart Run - 17-18-13-8-7-4-2-3-1-1-1-2-2-2-1-1-6-8-14-17-13-12-8-9-8-5-8-14-13-15-24-25-25-26-27-22-42-20-24-33-32-29-26-30-35-44-44-38-32-27-20-17-12-13-19-31-35

14 - Hozier - Take me to church - 4,900 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 2

 

Weeks on chart - 86

 

Chart Run - 79-86-49-49-35-28-26-32-31-33-34-34-25-31-32-27-22-20-23-10-5-3-3-2-3-2-2-2-4-6-6-7-8-10-15-16-17-16-19-22-24-26-28-31-35-33-43-39-39-43-47-47-42-39-46-49-53-53-52-56-66-66-65-69-69-95-85-92-77-62-89-70-55-78-86-82-81-83-88-94-84-87-96-89-95

13 - Kings of Leon - Use Somebody - 4,950 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 2

 

Weeks on chart - 103

 

Chart Run - 29-29-38-48-50-30-25-21-17-15-10-2-7-5-6-5-8-8-10-11-12-3-7-11-8-10-15-15-21-22-30-31-36-41-51-49-49-50-47-66-84-73-65-65-69-64-59-64-62-36-50-47-25-36-43-55-53-55-59-59-71-85-91-97-92-60-80-98-88-82-71-76-95-98-99-99-93-98-94-98-94-63-80-62-89-74-60-35-83-70-85-95-62-59-56-82-48-72-50-98-64-64-72

12 - Wham Last Christmas - 4,969 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 2

 

Weeks on chart - 78

 

Chart Run - 2-2-2-2-2-3-8-11-21-33-38-51-67-32-10-6-6-14-36-68-85-63-47-45-71-50-23-14-16-40-67-36-26-27-45-53-39-41-34-57-53-56-61-55-26-28-34-55-34-41-35-87-91-44-40-36-68-86-39-36-35-28-65-27-24-18-54-75-19-20-16-7-81-29-6-3-3-2

11 -Sia - Chandelier - 5,217 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 6

 

Weeks on chart - 114

 

Chart Run - 6-9-11-16-18-14-20-21-22-25-30-29-30-30-35-36-34-28-22-33-37-40-21-38-31-29-24-22-19-22-25-25-24-22-20-27-30-30-32-29-32-35-37-40-35-35-43-39-45-50-52-59-64-80-66-61-67-77-75-71-73-89-82-92-93-82-89-87-88-90-97-94-97-83-35-62-53-29-50-53-56-58-57-67-61-67-67-82-76-86-79-81-88-77-80-92-89-84-90-77-81-88-93-88-61-73-82-84-81-90-88-99-78-100

OK, very surprised to see Rock Around The Clock so high, it is a classic though. Well deserved for Chandelier too - even if it's benefitted from being released in the streaming era, you can't knock 100+ weeks.

 

Think I now know what will be in the top 10 but not the order... can't rule out the possibility of a Fairytale ending (lol)

10 - Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne - Rather Be - 5,223 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 1

 

Weeks on chart - 90

 

Chart Run - 1-1-1-1-3-3-3-5-7-8-8-9-12-16-16-18-22-21-23-23-25-28-32-24-28-27-29-29-26-26-30-34-31-29-30-32-35-39-43-40-35-43-48-56-60-58-50-46-50-28-30-39-40-49-51-49-50-44-45-39-44-46-44-48-51-57-57-65-66-72-73-70-74-76-63-66-79-68-72-84-85-88-85-70-93-83-79-92-93-96

9 - Black eyed peas - I gotta feeling - 5,302 Points

 

 

Peak Position - 1

 

Weeks on chart - 109

 

Chart Run - 70-68-79-39-10-3-3-1-2-1-2-3-5-5-7-6-5-8-6-7-10-16-14-14-17-20-20-27-24-14-22-28-31-31-33-35-33-41-48-50-50-45-50-45-54-54-45-46-45-43-60-52-49-56-52-54-53-47-50-51-55-53-57-62-65-74-78-86-85-73-73-77-77-88-83-96-97-59-63-69-55-62-79-86-88-86-68-87-88-93-71-64-68-84-94-92-88-92-87-94-94-94-92-100-98-58-47-91-78

Clean Bandit in the top 10 where they belong. :D Quite amazing just how huge 'Rather Be' was, and if it were in the streaming era it would have at least doubled its time spent at number one too.

 

I Gotta Feeling was undeniably massive too, that's also deserving of a top ten position here.