This could be a pretty exhaustive list, so let’s get it started with the obvious choice;

 

 

Are there any other songs that hung around the Top 40 longer than they deserved to or long enough that they became irritating to hear each week on the Top 40 Countdown?

 

Plenty to choose from in recent years, so get listing!

Every other song in the chart these days :lol:

before someone you loved we had thinking out loud which seemingly refused to ever leave although syl takes it to a whole new level with it still being top ten over a year after it made number 1.

I remember it felt like 'Happy' would never leave, but I don't think I've seen a song hang around as much as 'Someone You Loved' ever before!

Ed - Perfect :/ how long has it been in the charts? sure more than 2 years

This is obviously going to be very subjective but I'll go for all of the above mentioned ones plus I'll add 'One Dance'.

Off the top of my head:

 

Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger

Eminem - Love The Way You Lie

Maroon 5 - Sugar

Maroon 5 - Girls Like You

Drake - God's Plan

Pharrell - Happy

The Killers - Mr Brightside

Ed Sheeran - Sing/Don't/Thinking Out Loud/Perfect/Shape Of You/Galway Girl/I Don't Care

Justin Bieber - Love Yourself

 

so many people, so many different tastes... I mean, every person can make his own longlist of shockingly unendurable tracks/songs from Top 40 and put like everything there.

For example, song A has been enormously dreadful for me since the day 1, but for the other guy this can be the song of the year so...

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p.s. I still don't mind 'Someone You Loved' tho.

Tbh, even songs I LOVE I get sick of if they stay around too long. I can't fathom how people can still listen to the same song for over a year, I love discovering fresh new music every week. I get that the majority of the public doesn't care though and will stick on any old thing.

Someone You Loved

Perfect

Shotgun

 

All need to ride off into the sunset now/about a year ago.

John Legends All of Me had a very long chart run as well didn’t it.

Pretty much everything that was a significant hit in 2016!

 

That year was hell in chart terms, and also in other ways too. Gawd.

And of course a rare overplayed female hit: Anne-Marie - 2002

I would be more interested in hearing from older members here what songs were overplayed 20+ years ago.

^Bryan Adams - Everything I Do, Wet Wet Wet - Love is all Around

 

but back then the advantage was that after a while singles got deleted to move to the next single so unlike in the streaming era nothing was top 40 for a year

I think I posted this before but here's a list of songs that spent the longest in the chart throughout the 2010s, so these would be objectively the ones that most outstayed their welcome in recent history (it excludes Jan/Feb of this year so just imagine Lewis Capaldi having 8 additional weeks top 40/top 20, and 7 additional weeks top 10).

 

Top 40 longest Top 100 runs [2010s]

1. 139 The Killers – Mr Brightside
2. 118 Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
3. 114 Sia – Chandelier
4. 110 Ed Sheeran – Perfect
5. 107 Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
6. 103 Bastille – Pompeii
7. 97 Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You
8. 93 John Legend – All Of Me
9. 92 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years
10. 92 Ed Sheeran – Photograph
11. 92 Pharrell Williams – Happy
12. 90 Clean Bandit – Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)
13. 87 Vance Joy – Riptide
14. 87 David Guetta – Titanium (feat. Sia)
15. 87 George Ezra – Shotgun
16. 86 Hozier – Take Me To Church
17. 84 Passenger – Let Her Go
18. 80 James Bay – Let It Go
19. 80 The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
20. 79 Major Lazer – Lean On (feat. MØ and DJ Snake)
21. 78 One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
22. 78 Adele – Someone Like You
23. 77 OneRepublic – Counting Stars
24. 76 George Ezra – Budapest
25. 76 Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
26. 75 Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – This Is Me
27. 74 James Bay – Hold Back The River
28. 74 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee – Despacito (Remix) (feat. Justin Bieber)
29. 74 Sam Smith – Stay With Me
30. 72 Walk The Moon – Shut Up & Dance
31. 72 Avicii – Wake Me Up
32. 71 Jessie J – Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)
33. 71 Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling!
34. 71 LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)
35. 70 Mr Probz – Waves
36. 70 Idina Menzel – Let It Go
37. 68 Katy Perry – Firework
38. 68 Justin Bieber – Sorry
39. 67 Rudimental – Feel The Love (feat. John Newman)
40. 67 Shawn Mendes – Stitches

Top 40 longest Top 75 runs [2010s]

1. 91 Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
2. 89 Ed Sheeran – Perfect
3. 82 George Ezra – Shotgun
4. 78 Clean Bandit – Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)
5. 75 Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You
6. 75 John Legend – All Of Me
7. 74 Sia – Chandelier
8. 74 Pharrell Williams – Happy
9. 73 Bastille – Pompeii
10. 66 Hozier – Take Me To Church
11. 66 Adele – Someone Like You
12. 65 Ed Sheeran – Photograph
13. 65 Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – This Is Me
14. 64 OneRepublic – Counting Stars
15. 63 Idina Menzel – Let It Go
16. 61 David Guetta – Titanium (feat. Sia)
17. 61 George Ezra – Budapest
18. 61 Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
19. 61 Avicii – Wake Me Up
20. 60 Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
21. 60 Vance Joy – Riptide
22. 59 Major Lazer – Lean On (feat. MØ and DJ Snake)
23. 59 LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)
24. 58 Sam Smith – Stay With Me
25. 57 Ed Sheeran – I See Fire
26. 57 Tinie Tempah – Pass Out
27. 57 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
28. 56 James Bay – Hold Back The River
29. 56 Justin Bieber – Sorry
30. 56 Adele – Rolling In The Deep
31. 55 Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling!
32. 54 Passenger – Let Her Go
33. 54 Jessie J – Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)
34. 54 Sia – Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)
35. 53 Shawn Mendes – Stitches
36. 53 Drake – One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
37. 53 Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
38. 53 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – Shallow
39. 53 The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
40. 52 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years
41. 52 Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)
42. 52 Tom Walker – Leave A Light On

Top 40 longest Top 40 runs [2010s]

1. 56 Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
2. 54 John Legend – All Of Me
3. 50 Pharrell Williams – Happy
4. 49 Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You
5. 49 Sia – Chandelier
6. 49 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
7. 48 George Ezra – Shotgun
8. 46 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
9. 45 Clean Bandit – Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)
10. 45 Hozier – Take Me To Church
11. 45 Idina Menzel – Let It Go
12. 45 Sam Smith – Stay With Me
13. 45 Drake – One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
14. 42 Ed Sheeran – Perfect
15. 41 Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – This Is Me
16. 41 George Ezra – Budapest
17. 40 Adele – Someone Like You
18. 40 The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
19. 39 Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
20. 39 Sia – Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)
21. 39 The Weeknd – The Hills
22. 39 The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face
23. 38 The Lumineers – Ho Hey
24. 37 Dua Lipa – New Rules
25. 37 LMFAO – Sexy & I Know It
26. 36 Major Lazer – Lean On (feat. MØ and DJ Snake)
27. 35 Justin Bieber – Sorry
28. 35 Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)
29. 35 Skrillex and Diplo presents Jack Ü – Where Are Ü Now (feat. Justin Bieber)
30. 35 Ed Sheeran – Don't
31. 34 OneRepublic – Counting Stars
32. 34 Avicii – Wake Me Up
33. 34 Mr Probz – Waves
34. 34 Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean
35. 33 Camila Cabello – Havana (feat. Young Thug)
36. 33 Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own
37. 33 Ed Sheeran – Sing
38. 33 Sam Smith – I'm Not The Only One
39. 32 David Guetta – Titanium (feat. Sia)
40. 32 James Bay – Hold Back The River
41. 32 Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling!
42. 32 Calvin Harris and Disciples – How Deep Is Your Love

Top 40 longest Top 20 runs [2010s]

1. 36 Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
2. 33 The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
3. 32 Pharrell Williams – Happy
4. 31 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
5. 31 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
6. 30 John Legend – All Of Me
7. 29 Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
8. 28 Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean
9. 27 Drake – One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
10. 27 Sia – Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)
11. 26 Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You
12. 26 George Ezra – Budapest
13. 26 Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
14. 24 Sam Smith – Stay With Me
15. 24 Ed Sheeran – Perfect
16. 23 George Ezra – Shotgun
17. 23 LMFAO – Sexy & I Know It
18. 23 Major Lazer – Lean On (feat. MØ and DJ Snake)
19. 23 Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)
20. 23 OneRepublic – Counting Stars
21. 23 Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
22. 23 The Chainsmokers – Closer (feat. Halsey)
23. 22 Justin Bieber – Sorry
24. 22 Omi – Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
25. 22 Nicki Minaj – Starships
26. 22 Calvin Harris – This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)
27. 22 James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go
28. 21 Hozier – Take Me To Church
29. 21 Ed Sheeran – The A Team
30. 21 Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
31. 21 Freya Ridings – Lost Without You
32. 20 The Lumineers – Ho Hey
33. 20 Camila Cabello – Havana (feat. Young Thug)
34. 20 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee – Despacito (Remix) (feat. Justin Bieber)
35. 20 Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
36. 20 Zara Larsson – Lush Life
37. 20 Maroon 5 – Sugar
38. 20 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road
39. 20 Drake – Too Good (feat. Rihanna)
40. 20 Rag'n'Bone Man – Human

Top 40 longest Top 10 runs [2010s]

1. 23 Drake – One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
2. 22 Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean
3. 22 Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You
4. 21 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
5. 20 Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
6. 20 Pharrell Williams – Happy
7. 19 John Legend – All Of Me
8. 18 Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
9. 18 Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
10. 18 Justin Bieber – Sorry
11. 18 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee – Despacito (Remix) (feat. Justin Bieber)
12. 17 Ed Sheeran – Perfect
13. 17 Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
14. 17 Omi – Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
15. 17 PSY – Gangnam Style
16. 16 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
17. 16 Sia – Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)
18. 16 George Ezra – Shotgun
19. 16 Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)
20. 16 The Chainsmokers – Closer (feat. Halsey)
21. 16 James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go
22. 16 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road
23. 16 Drake – Too Good (feat. Rihanna)
24. 15 Calvin Harris – This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)
25. 15 Hozier – Take Me To Church
26. 15 Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
27. 15 Camila Cabello – Havana (feat. Young Thug)
28. 15 Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own
29. 15 French Montana – Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee)
30. 15 The Weeknd – Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)
31. 15 Clean Bandit – Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)
32. 15 Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
33. 15 Lewis Capaldi – Hold Me While You Wait
34. 14 fun. – We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monae)
35. 14 Passenger – Let Her Go
36. 14 Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell)
37. 14 Rihanna – Diamonds
38. 14 Adele – Hello
39. 14 Daft Punk – Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
40. 14 Eminem – Love The Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna)
41. 14 Rihanna – We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)
42. 14 Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill
43. 14 Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man – Giant

Top 40 longest Top 5 runs [2010s]

1. 19 Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You
2. 18 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
3. 17 Drake – One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
4. 17 Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean
5. 15 Pharrell Williams – Happy
6. 15 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee – Despacito (Remix) (feat. Justin Bieber)
7. 14 Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
8. 14 Justin Bieber – Sorry
9. 13 Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
10. 13 Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
11. 13 George Ezra – Shotgun
12. 13 Camila Cabello – Havana (feat. Young Thug)
13. 12 Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)
14. 12 The Chainsmokers – Closer (feat. Halsey)
15. 12 James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go
16. 12 Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
17. 12 The Weeknd – Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)
18. 12 Clean Bandit – Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)
19. 12 Rihanna – We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)
20. 12 Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill
21. 12 Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – I Don't Care
22. 12 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith – Promises
23. 11 John Legend – All Of Me
24. 11 Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
25. 11 Ed Sheeran – Perfect
26. 11 French Montana – Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee)
27. 11 Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
28. 11 Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell)
29. 11 Adele – Hello
30. 11 Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man – Giant
31. 11 Rag'n'Bone Man – Human
32. 11 Tones And I – Dance Monkey
33. 11 Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
34. 11 Rudimental – These Days (feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen)
35. 10 Omi – Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
36. 10 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
37. 10 Sia – Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)
38. 10 Lil Nas X – Old Town Road
39. 10 Calvin Harris – This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)
40. 10 Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own
41. 10 AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove
42. 10 Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho
43. 10 LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)
44. 10 Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next
45. 10 Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
46. 10 Dua Lipa – New Rules

[*]114 Sia – Chandelier

Chandelier could stay in the charts forever and would NEVER outstay its welcome :wub:

Tbh, even songs I LOVE I get sick of if they stay around too long. I can't fathom how people can still listen to the same song for over a year, I love discovering fresh new music every week. I get that the majority of the public doesn't care though and will stick on any old thing.

 

Yeah I can relate to that. Best example for me is Rather Be which I absolutely loved before it charted but by the end of 2014 I was sick to the back teeth of it.

 

Unfortunately a lot of the songs high up on those lists Dan just posted I never liked to begin with so have effectively gone past the point of me ever being able to like them.

I would be more interested in hearing from older members here what songs were overplayed 20+ years ago.

 

I remember in 2006/2007 'Chasing Cars' had an exceptionally lengthy chart run for its time and it was kinda funny seeing the collective groans in the chart show thread whenever it got played. :lol:

Yeah I can relate to that. Best example for me is Rather Be which I absolutely loved before it charted but by the end of 2014 I was sick to the back teeth of it.

 

Unfortunately a lot of the songs high up on those lists Dan just posted I never liked to begin with so have effectively gone past the point of me ever being able to like them.

'Rather Be' is a good example. I also loved 'Bad Guy', now I can barely listen to it due to overexposure.