Perfect is #98 this week so it extends its lead as the song to have held the most positions

Halfway through 2021, and onto my 2500th post, so I've added a couple more lists at the top of page 2:

 

- Songs with most weeks to date in the UK Top 100 while on SCR

- Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 100 before first going to ACR

both since the introduction of ACR in July 2017.

 

The first of these top tens currently has a threshold of 31 weeks, which was more than I expected. I hadn't realised Leave A Light On had such a long third run on SCR, however it and Bruises will soon be knocked out by a song which is currently 'high' in the Top 100 once again.

 

I've also expanded the very first list on the OP (Most weeks in total in the UK Singles Top 100) to a top 20. Once the next song reaches 100, I'll keep it at all songs with 100 weeks or more.

Also added at the top of page 2:

 

- Songs with most weeks to date in the UK Top 40 while on SCR

- Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 40 before first going to ACR

both since the introduction of ACR in July 2017.

 

Heat Waves is 4th in the former - for the Top 100 it is behind only Perfect.

(3000th post)

3500th post, so a couple of new lists... I’m almost certain the first is accurate, mainly thanks to fchd, while the second is to the best of my knowledge:

 

Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 100 on reaching their peaks

 

1| 104 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (#1, 2020)

2| 97 Wham! - Last Christmas (#1, 2021)

3| 71 New Order - Blue Monday (#3, 1988)

4| 70 Oasis - Live Forever (#8, 2024)

5| 68 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (#10, 2021)

6| 66 Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (#4, 2022)

7| 57 Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (#11, 2013)

8| 55 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (#3, 2011)

9=| 54 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (#8, 2011)

9=| 54 Elbow - One Day Like This (#4, 2012)

9=| 54 Fatback Band - I Found Lovin’ (#7, 1987)

 

Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 40 on reaching their peaks

 

1| 70 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (#1, 2020)

2| 63 Wham! - Last Christmas (#1, 2021)

3| 38 Rema - Calm Down (#3, 2023)

4| 33 Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (#4, 2022)

5| 32 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me (#8, 2023)

6| 31 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree (#7, 2024)

7| 30 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (#6, 2022)

8=| 25 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (#10, 2021)

8=| 25 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock (#5, 2024)

8=| 25 Teddy Swims - The Door (#5, 2024)

 

peak reached at date last updated

Last updated w/e 26/06/25

Edited Friday at 22:313 days by jimwatts

Thanks for this, great bit of chart insight to read here.

4000th post and a couple more new lists, compiled to the best of my knowledge - as I've alluded to elsewhere, look what comes out on top of both:

 

Songs with most new peak positions in the UK Top 100

 

1| 18 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2020): 68, 63, 48, 45, 43, 38, 34, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 10, 8, 7, 5

2=| 17 Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! (2024): 95, 82, 53, 46, 39, 33, 26, 24, 19, 15, 12, 10, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4

2=| 17 Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered (2019): 87, 69, 58, 55, 47, 41, 39, 34, 31, 30, 26, 23, 20, 17, 14, 8, 6

4| 16 Teddy Swims - The Door (2024): 91, 88, 68, 58, 45, 35, 28, 26, 24, 23, 22, 16, 13, 12, 8, 5

5=| 15 Alex Warren - Carry You Home (2024): 69, 65, 61, 60, 51, 46, 42, 41, 36, 32, 25, 23, 20, 10, 9

5=| 15 Tyga featuring Offset - Taste (2018): 82, 78, 59, 50, 42, 34, 27, 24, 16, 15, 11, 10, 9, 8, 5

7=| 14 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (1988): 84, 72, 61, 53, 51, 35, 33, 29, 26, 23, 20, 14, 11, 10

7=| 14 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2007): 100, 92, 87, 70, 69, 54, 39, 37, 36, 27, 20, 17, 16, 13

7=| 14 Doja Cat - Say So (2020): 83, 68, 65, 60, 45, 35, 25, 21, 19, 10, 9, 8, 7, 2

7=| 14 Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I’m Sorry (2024): 100, 71, 69, 58, 57, 41, 38, 37, 25, 21, 18, 17, 11, 4

7=| 14 Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel - White Lines (Don’t Do It) (1983): 85, 60, 59, 52, 49, 48, 46, 36, 21, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7

7=| 14 Lost Frequencies featuring Calum Scott - Where Are You Now (2021): 91, 78, 69, 59, 54, 50, 39, 23, 17, 11, 7, 5, 4, 3

7=| 14 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried (2022): 96, 47, 28, 24, 21, 14, 13, 12, 10, 9, 6, 5, 4, 3

7=| 14 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (2017): 91, 69, 65, 42, 39, 35, 32, 25, 20, 13, 9, 6, 4, 3

7=| 14 Rema - Calm Down (2022): 63, 51, 35, 32, 25, 21, 17, 16, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3

7=| 14 Shawn Mendes - Stitches (2015): 97, 79, 72, 69, 55, 48, 47, 41, 29, 25, 12, 4, 2, 1

7=| 14 Switch Disco & Ella Henderson - REACT (2023): 90, 84, 64, 54, 40, 32, 26, 15, 12, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4

 

Songs with most new peak positions in the UK Top 40

 

1=| 13 Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! (2024): as above

1=| 13 Glass Animals - Heat Waves (2021): as above

3=| 12 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried (2022): as above

3=| 12 Rema - Calm Down (2022): as above

5=| 11 Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered (2019): as above

5=| 11 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights (2019): 39, 33, 31, 21, 20, 19, 15, 14, 8, 6, 3

5=| 11 Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014): 26, 25, 23, 20, 18, 16, 13, 10, 4, 2, 1

5=| 11 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar (2020): 35, 28, 18, 17, 16, 15, 11, 7, 6, 5, 4

5=| 11 Libianca - People (2023): 27, 18, 17, 15, 13, 11, 8, 7, 5, 4, 2

5=| 11 Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean (2021): 35, 32, 30, 24, 23, 20, 18, 15, 14, 13, 12

5=| 11 Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (1960): 36, 31, 23, 22, 15, 14, 13, 5, 4, 2, 1

5=| 11 Teddy Swims - The Door (2024): as above

5=| 11 Young T & Bugsey featuring Aitch - Strike A Pose (2019): 30, 25, 22, 21, 19, 18, 15, 14, 12, 10, 9

 

peak reached at date last updated

Last updated w/e 26/06/25

Edited Friday at 22:323 days by jimwatts

Should I say it? Okay, I'll say it...Dermot Kennedy's been outnumbered :basil:

As an addition to the equivalent lists for the Top 100 down to Top 20, I had this new one for the Top 10 in mind for my 4500th post even before the Kate Bush revival which means it has been added to!

 

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 100 started

 

1| 31 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973, 1980-86, 1989-90, 1998-99^, 2006-24) 🎄

2| 27 John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972, 1974, 1980-84, 2003-04, 2007-24) 🎄

3=| 23 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987-88, 1991, 2005-24) 🎄

3=| 23 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 1981, 1984-86, 2007-24) 🎄

5=| 21 Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-86, 2007-24) 🎄

5=| 21 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984-86, 2007-24) 🎄

7=| 20 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994-95, 2007-24) 🎄

7=| 20 Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1985-86, 2007-24) 🎄

9=| 19 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (1988, 2007-24) 🎄

9=| 19 Killers - Mr Brightside (2004, 2007-10, 2012-25)

9=| 19 Michael Jackson - Thriller (1983-84, 2007-18, 2020-24) 🎃

 

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 75 started

 

1| 28 Merry Xmas Everybody (1973, 1980-86, 1998^, 2006-24) 🎄

2| 22 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 1991, 2005-24) 🎄

3=| 21 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 1981, 1984, 2007-24) 🎄

3=| 21 Last Christmas (1984-86, 2007-24) 🎄

4=| 20 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994-95, 2007-24) 🎄

4=| 20 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985-86, 2007-24)🎄

4=| 20 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2007-24) 🎄

8| 19 Driving Home For Christmas (1988, 2007-24) 🎄

9| 18 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972, 1974, 1980-82, 2003, 2007-08, 2015-24) 🎄

10=| 17 Killers - Mr Brightside (2004, 2007-10, 2012-13, 2015-24)

10=| 17 Thriller (1983, 2007-10, 2012-18, 2020-24) 🎃

 

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 50 started

 

1| 23 Merry Xmas Everybody (1973, 1981, 1983-85, 1998^, 2006-13, 2016-24) 🎄

2| 22 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 1991, 2005-24) 🎄

3| 21 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 1981, 1984, 2007-24) 🎄

4| 20 Last Christmas (1984-86, 2007-09, 2011-24) 🎄

5| 19 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994, 2007-24) 🎄

6| 17 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985, 2007-09, 2011-12, 2014-24) 🎄

7| 16 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2007, 2009, 2011-12, 2015-24) 🎄

8=| 15 Driving Home For Christmas (2007, 2009, 2011-12, 2014-24) 🎄

8=| 15 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972, 1974, 1980-81, 2003, 2007, 2016-24) 🎄

10=| 11 Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1977, 1998, 2007, 2016-19, 2021-24) 🎄

10=| 11 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2014-24) 🎄

 

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 40 started

 

1| 22 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 1991, 2005-24) 🎄

2=| 19 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994, 2007-24) 🎄

2=| 19 Last Christmas (1984-85, 2007-09, 2011-24) 🎄

2=| 19 Merry Xmas Everybody (1973, 1981, 1983, 1998^, 2006-09, 2011-12, 2016-24) 🎄

5| 18 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 1984, 2007-08, 2011-24) 🎄

6| 15 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2007, 2011-12, 2015-24) 🎄

7=| 14 Driving Home For Christmas (2007, 2009, 2011-12, 2015-24) 🎄

7=| 14 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985, 2007-08, 2014-24) 🎄

9| 13 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972, 1980-81, 2003, 2007, 2017-24) 🎄

10=| 10 3 Lions (1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2021-22, 2024)

10=| 10 Andy Williams - It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (2007, 2016-24) 🎄

10=| 10 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (1962, 2016-24) 🎄

10=| 10 Elton John - Step Into Christmas (1973, 2016-24) 🎄

 

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 20 started

 

1| 21 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 2005-24) 🎄

2| 18 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994, 2007-09, 2011-24) 🎄

3| 13 Last Christmas (1984-85, 2007, 2015-24) 🎄

4=| 10 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2017-24) 🎄

4=| 10 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985, 2016-24) 🎄

6=| 9 3 Lions (1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2021-22, 2024)

6=| 9 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (1962, 2017-24) 🎄

8=| 8 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973, 2007, 2017-22) 🎄

8=| 8 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2017-24) 🎄

8=| 8 Step Into Christmas (2017-24) 🎄

 

Most calendar years in which a new run in the Top 10 started

 

1| 12 Fairytale Of New York (1987, 2005-07, 2017-24) 🎄

2=| 11 All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994, 2007, 2016-24) 🎄

2=| 11 Last Christmas (1984-85, 2016-24) 🎄

4=| 7 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984-85, 2017-20, 2024) 🎄

4=| 7 Merry Christmas Everyone (1985, 2017-21, 2023) 🎄

4=| 7 3 Lions (1996, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2021, 2024)

7| 6 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (1962, 2017, 2021-24) 🎄

8| 5 It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2018, 2020-23) 🎄

9=| 4 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas (2021-24) 🎄

9=| 4 Step Into Christmas (2018-20, 2024) 🎄

 

(years in brackets indicate start of each run, based on the first day of the chart week e.g. a run starting on w/e 6/1/07 would count as 2006; a run starting on w/e/ 7/1/16 would count as 2016)

^ as Slade vs. Flush

 

Christmas songs with most weeks in the UK Singles Top 100

 

1| 140 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994)

2| 138 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York (1987)

3| 131 Wham! - Last Christmas (1984)

4| 128 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973) *

5| 111 Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984)

6| 104 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (1973) *

7| 103 Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1985)

8| 100 John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (1972) *

9| 85 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (1988)

10| 81 Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (1962) *

 

Christmas songs with most weeks in the UK Singles Top 40

 

1| 101 All I Want For Christmas Is You

2| 96 Fairytale Of New York

3| 89 Last Christmas

4| 64 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

5| 62 Do They Know It’s Christmas?

6| 60 Merry Xmas Everybody

7| 56 Merry Christmas Everyone

8| 45 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree

9| 44 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

10| 40 Michael Bublé - It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2016)

 

🎄 Defined as those which have spent at least 50% of their chart runs in weeks beginning in the month of December i.e. w/e 7/12/xx up to w/e 6/1/xx

(years in brackets indicate first weeks on chart)

 

* includes weeks before full Top 100 introduced in 1983

+ most recent week at date last updated

 

Last updated w/e 26/06/25

Edited Friday at 22:323 days by jimwatts

5000th post, and the last time I'll deliberately coincide every 500th post with an addition to this thread.

As ever, these are to the best of my knowledge - corrections welcomed and happy to research other suggestions:

 

Songs with most weeks in the Top X without reaching the Top Y

 

Top 100 / Top 10 | 125 | Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (1977, #24)

Top 100 / Top 20 | 125 | Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (1977, #24)

Top 100 / Top 30 | 61 | Oasis - Supersonic (1994, #31)

Top 100 / Top 40 | 34 | Imagine Dragons - Believer (2017, #42)

Top 100 / Top 50 | 32 | 45 King - The King Is Here / The 900 Number (1989, #60)

Top 100 / Top 60 | 23 | Lord Huron - The Night We Met (2017, #75)

Top 100 / Top 75 | 19 | In Parallel - Now It's Gone (2025, #76)

Top 100 / Top 80 | 13 | Fantastique - Mama Told Me (1986, #84); Sammy Virji - If U Need It (2024, #85)

Top 100 / Top 85 | 11 | Walters - I Love You So (2021, #87)

 

Top 75 / Top 10 | 65 | Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (2008, #11)

Top 75 / Top 20 | 58 | Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (2016, #29)

Top 75 / Top 30 | 39 | Gracie Abrams - Close To You (2024, #31)

Top 75 / Top 40 | 30 | Ruth B. - Dandelions (2022, #42)

Top 75 / Top 50 | 20 | Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect (2017, #57)

Top 75 / Top 60 | 11 | Not3s featuring Maleek Berry - Sit Back Down (2018, #61)

 

Top 50 / Top 10 | 50 | Idina Menzel - Let It Go (2014, #11)

Top 50 / Top 20 | 35 | Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (2016, #29)

Top 50 / Top 30 | 16 | Rihanna - Needed Me (2016, #38)

Top 50 / Top 40 | 14 | Ruth B. - Dandelions (2022, #42)

 

Top 40 / Top 10 | 45 | Idina Menzel - Let It Go (2014, #11)

Top 40 / Top 20 | 24 | Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010, #21)

Top 40 / Top 30 | 11 | Burundi Steiphenson Black - Burundi Black (1971, #31); Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova (2024, #31); Ken Dodd - Happiness (1964, #31)

 

Top 20 / Top 10 | 17 | Benson Boone - Slow It Down (2024, #14)

 

(years in brackets indicate first weeks on chart)

 

most recent week at date last updated

Last updated w/e 26/06/25

Edited Friday at 22:333 days by jimwatts

That's cool that Mumford & Sons have two of those records with two different songs.

I was actually just about to post in the top 100 thread this week asking if 'most weeks in the top 100 without making the top 75' was one of the many records you'd worked out but thought I'd dig out this thread to answer that myself first - and I see you've beaten me to it in noticing MEDUZA et al.'s 'Bad Memories' with its now record matching run that you already quietly edited in here :lol:

 

It's a shame that song never took off more as I think it's my favourite thing they've released to date but I'll take this obscure record match as a consolation.

Amongst other updates this week, Justin Bieber - Mistletoe equals the record of 34 weeks in the Top 75 without reaching the Top 20.

Oh that having such a lengthy run for a non top 20 hit went under the radar a bit. (Not unthinkable that it could eventually make the top 20 if it wins the playlist lottery since it is a fairly consistent annual top 40 visitor now but let's hope not as it's a bit crap).

Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over has, for now, matched the above record of 34 weeks Top 75.

 

Since my last post in this thread, I've noticed that Mumford & Sons didn't actually hold the records of most weeks in the Top 100 without reaching either the Top 20 or Top 30, with Little Lion Man and The Cave respectively, because Oasis - Supersonic had set both a higher bar of 60 weeks, amassed entirely in the 1990s.

Worth noting that ACR pending (either due to declines or OCC intervention) Heat Waves is only 2 weeks behind My Way in terms of top 40 weeks, the most for a non-Christmas song. Although if Heat Waves doesn’t get there, I expect As It Was will

Alongside numerous updates this week, Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree now has the most weeks (17) in the Top 20 without reaching the Top 10. At the start of this month the record belonged to Idina Menzel - Let It Go with 16, then Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me got up to 18 before finally going Top 10 this week.

If Ari could do it eventually I'm sure Kelly will too one of these years!

Bumping this as it hasn’t been updated in a while

Everything should be up to date again now!

 

This week, 'As It Was' sets a new record of 42 weeks in the Top 40 while on SCR from its three separate runs, while 'Would You (Go To Bed With Me)' and 'Evergreen' are now both among the five songs with most weeks Top 100 before first going to ACR. 'Mr Brightside' will likely overtake 'Someone You Loved' for most weeks in the Top 75 within the next couple of months.

Update - Calm Down by Rema has lost the record for Songs with most weeks in the UK Top 100 before first going to ACR to Evergreen by Ricky Mitch and the Coal Miners this week