Does anybody happen to have an exhaustive list of these, and maybe a reason as to why they climbed if there is one. I'm guessing there can't be that many - especially after 1998 when climbing to a new peak after entry was incredibly rare until downloads were introduced in 2005. Polyhex is down so it's been more fiddly to compile than usual on the OCC site.

 

I can just about remember the No.1s in this period that climbed to their peak (not including stuff like Three Lions which climbed back to its peak, or all the imports that 'climbed' from low down after a full release). Although I may have missed some:

 

Gina G - Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit (1996 - Eurovision week hype propelled her to No.1)

Spice Girls - Wannabe (1996 - immense growing publicity and buzz around them and this song helped them to the top)

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's (1996 - not sure about this, a slower grower/growing airplay perhaps?)

Tori Amos - Professional Widow (1997 - guessing this benefitted from the new year lull when the Christmas chart records were slipping away)

R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (1997 - film hype/increased airplay?)

Aqua - Barbie Girl (1997 - they were never going to beat Spice Up Your Life on week 1)

All Saints - Never Ever (1998 - took advantage of the new year lull after a long run in the top 10)

The Tamperer feat Maya - Feel It (1998 - not sure why this went to No.1 after a few weeks, there was talk at the time about the odd lyrics so maybe that plus a slow release schedule enabled it to slip through)

Steps - Heartbeat/Tragedy (1999 - Tragedy becoming 'the song' of New Year 1999 parties, plus taking advantage of the new year lull after a long run in the top 10)

Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer (1999 - the hype around this was huge iirc due to his usual record label not wanting to release it)

DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide (2004 - this ran into Toxic on its first week, so I guess climbed to the top because that declined faster)

Edited March 30, 20214 yr by gooddelta

Macy Gray's 'I Try' always springs to mind as it climbed week on week which was so rare for a song from that era

Leann Rimes How Do I Live longevity was a rarity around this time I recall as it kept a yo-yo chart run

This is a very interesting one. Up to and including the current chart, I have 35620 entries making the Top 75. I caveat with that in that each entry gets it's own TrackID, so it's this which has been the "link" to sort this out.

 

 

16537 entries (14 Nov 1952 to 3 Apr 2021) have climbed from their entry position.

 

Entry Year of record - Amount that then climbed with that year of entry

1952 - 11

1953 - 53

1954 - 61

1955 - 100

1956 - 141

1957 - 134

1958 - 142

1959 - 142

1960 - 213

1961 - 245

1962 - 236

1963 - 246

1964 - 249

1965 - 265

1966 - 282

1967 - 250

1968 - 240

1969 - 229

1970 - 215

1971 - 216

1972 - 249

1973 - 240

1974 - 293

1975 - 333

1976 - 334

1977 - 333

1978 - 405

1979 - 489

1980 - 522

1981 - 520

1982 - 535

1983 - 529

1984 - 498

1985 - 495

1986 - 517

1987 - 520

1988 - 558

1989 - 519

1990 - 546

1991 - 491

1992 - 470

1993 - 340

1994 - 246

1995 - 136

1996 - 54

1997 - 27

1998 - 20

1999 - 23

2000 - 16

2001 - 11

2002 - 12

2003 - 14

2004 - 12

2005 - 21

2006 - 215

2007 - 266

2008 - 219

2009 - 172

2010 - 140

2011 - 148

2012 - 136

2013 - 129

2014 - 100

2015 - 111

2016 - 166

2017 - 171

2018 - 184

2019 - 190

2020 - 158

2021 - 34

 

Specifically in the range you mention we have 189 entries.

 

I have also included 2005 in the below as it was a very low year for this.

 

Entry - Peak - EntryPos - Wks - Artist - Title

1996-01-06 - 15 - 17 - 7 - The Presidents Of The United States Of America - Lump

1996-01-06 - 20 - 31 - 6 - Dreadzone - Little Britain

1996-01-06 - 40 - 49 - 5 - Paul Carrack - Eyes Of Blue

1996-01-20 - 11 - 35 - 7 - Upside Down - Change Your Mind

1996-01-27 - 2 - 4 - 14 - 3T - Anything

1996-01-27 - 7 - 23 - 6 - Meat Loaf - Not A Dry Eye In The House

1996-01-27 - 15 - 21 - 6 - Ace Of Base - Beautiful Life

1996-02-03 - 6 - 12 - 14 - Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy

1996-02-03 - 17 - 20 - 6 - E-Motion - The Naughty North And The Sexy South

1996-02-03 - 30 - 31 - 4 - Brandy - Sittin' Up In My Room

1996-02-24 - 5 - 15 - 18 - Gabrielle - Give Me A Little More Time

1996-02-24 - 2 - 3 - 18 - Robert Miles - Children

1996-03-02 - 54 - 55 - 2 - Lenny Kravitz - Can't Get You Off My Mind

1996-03-09 - 7 - 12 - 6 - Bon Jovi - These Days

1996-03-09 - 15 - 18 - 6 - Queen - Too Much Love Will Kill You

1996-03-16 - 17 - 18 - 6 - Louise - In Walked Love

1996-03-16 - 1 - 6 - 24 - Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack

1996-04-06 - 15 - 20 - 5 - Baby D - Take Me To Heaven

1996-04-06 - 32 - 34 - 5 - Paul Carrack - How Long?

1996-04-06 - 41 - 49 - 4 - Simply Red And White - Daydream Believer

1996-04-06 - 13 - 14 - 7 - Coolio - 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)

1996-04-06 - 14 - 15 - 8 - Kadoc - The Nighttrain

1996-04-06 - 1 - 6 - 25 - Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit

1996-04-13 - 4 - 33 - 19 - Suggs featuring Louchie Lou And Michie One - Cecilia

1996-05-04 - 4 - 23 - 17 - The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows

1996-05-04 - 6 - 8 - 15 - 1996 Manchester United FA Cup Squad - Move Move Move (The Red Tribe)

1996-05-04 - 17 - 18 - 5 - Def Leppard - Slang

1996-05-11 - 29 - 70 - 7 - Spacehog - In The Meantime

1996-05-18 - 4 - 7 - 13 - JX - There's Nothing I Won't Do

1996-05-18 - 7 - 8 - 6 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight

1996-06-01 - 2 - 64 - 19 - Los Del Rio - Macarena

1996-06-01 - 2 - 3 - 18 - Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx - Mysterious Girl

1996-06-01 - 5 - 9 - 16 - Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me

1996-06-08 - 14 - 15 - 10 - Space - Female Of The Species

1996-06-08 - 43 - 66 - 7 - Los Del Mar - Macarena

1996-06-22 - 53 - 64 - 2 - Sting - Live At TFI Friday EP

1996-07-06 - 1 - 55 - 15 - Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

1996-07-20 - 5 - 22 - 16 - OMC - How Bizarre

1996-07-20 - 1 - 3 - 26 - Spice Girls - Wannabe

1996-08-03 - 14 - 15 - 10 - Alisha's Attic - I Am, I Feel

1996-08-10 - 16 - 17 - 8 - East 17 - Someone To Love

1996-08-24 - 10 - 13 - 8 - Bryan Adams - Let's Make A Night To Remember

1996-08-24 - 28 - 39 - 6 - Maxwell - Ascension, No-One's Gonna Love You, So Don't Ever Wonder

1996-09-07 - 5 - 34 - 14 - Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever

1996-09-14 - 1 - 2 - 12 - Fugees - Ready Or Not

1996-09-28 - 3 - 4 - 9 - BBE - Flash / Seven Days And One Week

1996-09-28 - 25 - 26 - 5 - Daniel O'Donnell - Footsteps / My Forever Friend

1996-10-05 - 3 - 6 - 14 - Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now

1996-10-12 - 5 - 6 - 9 - The Beautiful South - Rotterdam

1996-11-02 - 2 - 4 - 19 - Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart

1996-11-16 - 3 - 6 - 17 - Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler - One And One

1996-11-16 - 25 - 30 - 8 - Jimmy Nail - Country Boy

1996-11-16 - 5 - 7 - 14 - The Woolpackers - Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll / Linedancing

1996-12-21 - 13 - 17 - 13 - Whitney Houston - Step By Step

1997-01-11 - 1 - 2 - 10 - Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big)

1997-01-18 - 3 - 7 - 10 - Texas - Say What You Want

1997-01-18 - 2 - 10 - 15 - No Mercy - Where Do You Go

1997-02-01 - 8 - 9 - 13 - The Blue Boy - Remember Me

1997-03-29 - 1 - 2 - 17 - R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly

1997-04-05 - 4 - 6 - 17 - DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima / I Have A Dream

1997-04-19 - 4 - 7 - 14 - Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody

1997-05-03 - 2 - 4 - 13 - The Cardigans - Lovefool

1997-05-10 - 3 - 50 - 12 - Katrina And The Waves - Love Shine A Light

1997-05-17 - 22 - 26 - 5 - Suggs And Co featuring The Chelsea Team - Blue Day

1997-06-14 - 4 - 5 - 17 - Ultra Naté - Free

1997-07-05 - 23 - 36 - 5 - Lil' Kim - Crush On You

1997-07-19 - 2 - 4 - 14 - Gala - Freed From Desire

1997-08-09 - 32 - 53 - 3 - Jewel - You Were Meant For Me

1997-09-20 - 13 - 14 - 8 - Sly And Robbie featuring Simply Red - Night Nurse

1997-09-27 - 29 - 35 - 4 - Chris de Burgh - So Beautiful

1997-09-27 - 47 - 61 - 2 - JDS - Nine Ways

1997-09-27 - 33 - 37 - 5 - Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life

1997-10-18 - 9 - 11 - 8 - The Brand New Heavies - You've Got A Friend

1997-10-18 - 11 - 12 - 9 - Clock - U Sexy Thing / Megamix

1997-10-25 - 1 - 2 - 26 - Aqua - Barbie Girl

1997-11-22 - 14 - 75 - 8 - Vanilla - No Way No Way

1997-11-22 - 14 - 18 - 17 - Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8

1997-11-22 - 1 - 3 - 24 - All Saints - Never Ever

1997-11-29 - 18 - 56 - 5 - The Jungle Brothers - Jungle Brother

1997-12-13 - 4 - 7 - 27 - Robbie Williams - Angels

1997-12-20 - 49 - 52 - 4 - Maureen Rees - Driving In My Car

1998-01-10 - 4 - 5 - 14 - The Lighthouse Family - High

1998-02-21 - 63 - 70 - 3 - Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That

1998-04-25 - 1 - 3 - 17 - The Tamperer featuring Maya - Feel It

1998-05-02 - 4 - 9 - 18 - The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away

1998-05-09 - 15 - 60 - 7 - Imaani - Where Are You

1998-05-23 - 3 - 5 - 12 - Lutricia McNeal - Stranded

1998-05-23 - 8 - 13 - 11 - Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting

1998-06-06 - 2 - 3 - 17 - Mousse T Vs Hot 'N' Juicy - Horny

1998-06-27 - 8 - 9 - 11 - Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love

1998-06-27 - 2 - 3 - 20 - Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty B*stard And Introducing Mya - Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)

1998-07-04 - 20 - 26 - 5 - Wimbledon Choral Society - World Cup '98 - Pavane By Faure

1998-08-01 - 55 - 74 - 3 - Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You

1998-08-22 - 5 - 7 - 12 - Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright

1998-09-05 - 4 - 5 - 12 - Honeyz - Finally Found

1998-09-12 - 4 - 12 - 28 - Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

1998-11-21 - 1 - 2 - 30 - Steps - Heartbeat / Tragedy

1998-12-19 - 22 - 29 - 23 - Bing Crosby - White Christmas

1998-12-26 - 47 - 52 - 3 - MOBO Allstars - Ain't No Stopping Us Now

1998-12-26 - 1 - 2 - 13 - Chef - Chocolate Salty Balls (PS I Love You)

1998-12-26 - 48 - 49 - 3 - Alberta - Yoyo Boy

1999-04-03 - 3 - 7 - 19 - TLC - No Scrubs

1999-04-10 - 2 - 3 - 16 - Phats And Small - Turn Around

1999-05-22 - 47 - 73 - 5 - ATB - 9pm (Till I Come)

1999-07-10 - 21 - 22 - 6 - Sporty Thievz - No Pigeons

1999-07-31 - 2 - 4 - 16 - DJ Jurgen Presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

1999-08-07 - 31 - 74 - 4 - Lou Bega - Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of...)

1999-08-21 - 39 - 61 - 5 - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

1999-09-11 - 50 - 75 - 5 - Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

1999-09-11 - 57 - 63 - 2 - Ann Lee - 2 Times

1999-09-25 - 24 - 25 - 9 - Andrea Bocelli - Canto Della Terra

1999-10-09 - 6 - 10 - 22 - Macy Gray - I Try

1999-10-16 - 57 - 64 - 2 - R. Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

1999-10-30 - 2 - 3 - 19 - R. Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

1999-11-27 - 1 - 2 - 16 - Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer

1999-12-04 - 4 - 5 - 15 - Alice Deejay - Back In My Life

1999-12-18 - 31 - 32 - 9 - TLC - Dear Lie

1999-12-25 - 4 - 8 - 6 - Mr Hankey - Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo

1999-12-25 - 36 - 39 - 4 - Europe - The Final Countdown 2000

1999-12-25 - 9 - 18 - 15 - DJ Luck And MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck

1999-12-25 - 31 - 34 - 4 - Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello

1999-12-25 - 38 - 44 - 4 - Marvin And Tamara - North, South, East, West

1999-12-25 - 4 - 7 - 17 - Steps - Say You'll Be Mine / Better The Devil You Know

1999-12-25 - 2 - 5 - 11 - S Club 7 - Two In A Million / You're My Number One

2000-01-01 - 53 - 73 - 2 - Big Ben - Millennium Chimes

2000-03-04 - 46 - 58 - 3 - Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night

2000-03-11 - 5 - 6 - 11 - Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here

2000-03-25 - 50 - 65 - 2 - Soulwax - Conversation Intercom

2000-04-15 - 21 - 24 - 22 - Lonestar - Amazed

2000-04-15 - 4 - 5 - 14 - The Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch

2000-05-20 - 52 - 62 - 5 - Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

2000-09-30 - 40 - 67 - 2 - Lowgold - Beauty Dies Young

2000-09-30 - 6 - 7 - 17 - Anastacia - I'm Outta Love

2000-10-14 - 2 - 13 - 23 - Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out

2000-10-28 - 52 - 67 - 2 - Atlantis vs Avatar And Miriam Stockley - Fiji

2000-11-11 - 5 - 6 - 23 - The Tweenies - Number 1

2000-11-11 - 58 - 75 - 3 - Warp Brothers - Phat Bass

2000-11-25 - 7 - 11 - 31 - Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight

2000-12-16 - 1 - 2 - 22 - Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It?

2000-12-30 - 25 - 26 - 5 - Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans And Kelly Price - Heartbreak Hotel

2001-01-06 - 2 - 72 - 11 - Steps - It's The Way You Make Me Feel / Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

2001-02-03 - 48 - 72 - 4 - Outkast - Ms. Jackson

2001-04-21 - 42 - 61 - 9 - Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow

2001-07-07 - 68 - 74 - 3 - The Strokes - Modern Age (EP)

2001-07-21 - 3 - 5 - 16 - Ian van Dahl - Castles In The Sky

2001-08-18 - 41 - 70 - 5 - DJ Otzi - Hey Baby

2001-09-15 - 28 - 58 - 5 - Shimon And Andy C - Body Rock

2001-10-06 - 45 - 70 - 3 - Afroman - Because I Got High

2001-10-06 - 3 - 4 - 17 - City High - What Would You Do?

2001-12-15 - 54 - 56 - 3 - Volatile Agents featuring Simone Benn - Hooked On You

2001-12-22 - 58 - 70 - 2 - Scoobie - The Magnificent 7

2002-01-12 - 2 - 68 - 15 - Puretone - Addicted To Bass

2002-02-02 - 10 - 11 - 10 - Kaci - I Think I Love You

2002-02-02 - 4 - 5 - 12 - Britney Spears - Overprotected

2002-03-09 - 4 - 5 - 28 - Nickelback - How You Remind Me

2002-06-15 - 22 - 43 - 8 - England New Order - World In Motion

2002-06-22 - 2 - 7 - 15 - Scooter - The Logical Song

2002-08-10 - 39 - 75 - 3 - Tali - Lyric On My Lip

2002-08-24 - 65 - 74 - 3 - Kelly Osbourne - Papa Don't Preach

2002-09-07 - 64 - 75 - 2 - Avril Lavigne - Complicated

2002-09-21 - 49 - 63 - 4 - Las Ketchup - Asereje (The Ketchup Song)

2002-12-28 - 57 - 61 - 5 - Kelly Rowland - Stole

2002-12-28 - 8 - 9 - 9 - Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi

2003-01-25 - 44 - 57 - 2 - t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said

2003-02-15 - 8 - 13 - 10 - Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous

2003-03-08 - 3 - 4 - 17 - Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

2003-03-22 - 3 - 4 - 24 - 50 Cent - In Da Club

2003-05-10 - 39 - 42 - 5 - Johnny Cash - Hurt

2003-05-24 - 44 - 53 - 2 - Dance To Tipperary - The Bhoys Are Back In Town

2003-06-07 - 8 - 9 - 19 - XTM And DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

2003-06-28 - 3 - 5 - 8 - Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go

2003-08-23 - 9 - 11 - 8 - Stacie Orrico - Stuck

2003-09-27 - 3 - 8 - 20 - Jamelia - Superstar

2003-11-08 - 15 - 23 - 14 - UB40 featuring United Colours Of Sound - Swing Low

2003-11-22 - 3 - 6 - 21 - Outkast - Hey Ya!

2003-12-20 - 18 - 33 - 26 - John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

2003-12-27 - 25 - 29 - 7 - G Unit - Stunt 101

2004-01-17 - 2 - 3 - 15 - Kelis - Milkshake

2004-01-17 - 3 - 5 - 15 - Boogie Pimps - Somebody To Love

2004-01-24 - 6 - 8 - 13 - 2Play featuring Raghav And Jucxi - So Confused

2004-02-21 - 37 - 61 - 3 - MC Jig - Cha Cha Slide

2004-03-13 - 1 - 2 - 18 - DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide

2004-05-01 - 43 - 68 - 3 - Frankee - F.U.R.B. (f*** U Right Back)

2004-06-12 - 5 - 10 - 5 - The Farm featuring The SFX Boys Choir - All Together Now 2004

2004-07-17 - 9 - 19 - 13 - Damien Rice - Cannonball

2004-08-14 - 60 - 67 - 3 - Twista featuring Anthony Hamilton - Sunshine

2004-11-20 - 44 - 65 - 14 - House Of Pain - Jump Around

2004-12-04 - 7 - 12 - 21 - Uniting Nations - Out Of Touch

2004-12-25 - 61 - 74 - 3 - Akon featuring Styles P - Locked Up

2005-01-01 - 1 - 2 - 10 - Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds

2005-01-01 - 60 - 71 - 3 - The Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got The Love

2005-04-02 - 4 - 6 - 23 - Will Smith - Switch

2005-04-23 - 2 - 22 - 40 - Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc

2005-06-04 - 3 - 9 - 17 - Audio Bullys featuring Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down

2005-06-11 - 1 - 12 - 41 - James Blunt - You're Beautiful

2005-06-18 - 3 - 16 - 18 - The Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys

2005-06-18 - 4 - 27 - 22 - John Legend - Ordinary People

2005-07-02 - 27 - 38 - 5 - Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want To Be

2005-08-13 - 66 - 72 - 2 - Faithless - God Is A DJ

2005-09-03 - 1 - 20 - 15 - Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain

2005-09-17 - 73 - 74 - 2 - Jack Johnson - Break Down

2005-10-08 - 64 - 70 - 2 - Bow Wow featuring Omarion - Let Me Hold You

2005-10-22 - 12 - 15 - 17 - Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine - Love Generation

2005-11-12 - 44 - 45 - 3 - Jo Jingles - Disco

2005-12-03 - 39 - 42 - 3 - Antony And The Johnsons - You Are My Sister

2005-12-10 - 24 - 35 - 11 - Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla

2005-12-24 - 27 - 30 - 3 - Waterbabies - Under The Tree

2005-12-31 - 4 - 21 - 10 - Brian Kennedy And Peter Corry - George Best - A Tribute

2005-12-31 - 9 - 11 - 18 - James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover

2005-12-31 - 4 - 5 - 9 - Eminem - When I'm Gone

 

Macy Gray's 'I Try' always springs to mind as it climbed week on week which was so rare for a song from that era

 

Yes that was another one that came on in the car yesterday and I recalled its slow and strange inch up the lower half of the top 10.

 

Shame Better Off Alone by DJ Jurgen/Alice Deejay never quite managed to go all the way to No.1. It went 4-3-2 in 1999 but then stalled behind a few different No.1s, just a few hundred copies adrift of Westlife one week.

 

Another one I thought of was Fly On The Wings Of Love by XTM, such a strange run:

 

9-8-12-9-8-9-11-10-8-10-12 etc...eight weeks in the top ten despite peaking at No.8 is quite the feat now, let alone back in 2003!

outkast hey ya is one of the most memorable for me, but at the time i'm not really sure why it rebounded? i know that good charlotte's lifestyles of the rich and famous did something like 12-20-8 from memory which was v unusual at the time too.

Outkast's 'Hey Ya'

Junior Senior's 'Move Your Feet'

Scooter's 'The Logical Song'

This is a very interesting one. Up to and including the current chart, I have 35620 entries making the Top 75. I caveat with that in that each entry gets it's own TrackID, so it's this which has been the "link" to sort this out.

16537 entries (14 Nov 1952 to 3 Apr 2021) have climbed from their entry position.

 

Thanks for this, very interesting to see! Forgot about Mark Morrison, Fugees, Chef and Bob The Builder of the No.1s!

 

It's particularly interesting to see some of the songs lower down, especially the likes of Jewel and Third Eye Blind - you think that upward momentum would have continued for them, both were huge in the US.

 

It's crazy how few there were in 2001 - for the big hits you literally were done after the first week in terms of peaking, save for a couple of examples.

outkast hey ya is one of the most memorable for me, but at the time i'm not really sure why it rebounded? i know that good charlotte's lifestyles of the rich and famous did something like 12-20-8 from memory which was v unusual at the time too.

 

I think Hey Ya may have got lost a bit during the 2003 Christmas rush after debuting decently and then airplay picked up in early 2004, plus a lack of other hot new releases around helped it get a second wind. And then it just took off from there.

 

Cannot recall at all what happened with that Good Charlotte song, very strange indeed!

 

Also Baha Men's Who Let The Dogs out going 13-14-2 was slightly bizarre, what happened on the third week - was it after Top Of The Pops or something?

I think the answer for many of them will be that they were released "too early". The aim was to get biggest first week sales as possible so you held off for as long as possible, doing all your TV apperarances ahead of the release etc and waiting till every man and his dog knew you had a single coming out. But sometimes singles with hit potential hadn't quite reached saturation point at the time of release, so you might enter a bit lower than expected, but high enough to continue to grow at radio and people would continue to discover the track. I always thought this was a better tactic as you "lost" fewer sales by not being available earlier, and staying in the chart longer might mean that you actually sell more copies in the long run.

 

Another one is that a single might sell better than expected in week 1 and run into supply issues. Stacie Orrico's Stuck is one I know about. I heard that the label were expecting it to only go top 30 but it started selling out midweek, which caused to enter at 11. It climbed to 9 the following week once it had been restocked.

 

I suspect Kaci's I Think I Love You may have been a similar kind of thing!

I think Hey Ya may have got lost a bit during the 2003 Christmas rush after debuting decently and then airplay picked up in early 2004, plus a lack of other hot new releases around helped it get a second wind. And then it just took off from there.

 

Cannot recall at all what happened with that Good Charlotte song, very strange indeed!

 

Also Baha Men's Who Let The Dogs out going 13-14-2 was slightly bizarre, what happened on the third week - was it after Top Of The Pops or something?

 

Baha Men was a funny one! Somehow that week I'd managed to miss the midweeks on Dotmusic and CD:UK so had no idea it was going to happen. Listening to the top 40 in the car and after U2 had slipped to 3 I knew Steps were left to play but couldn't think what the other record left was. Was very surprised to hear the Baha Men climb!

 

TOTP might have helped but I wouldn't be surprised if that was another one that was held back at the start by the stores underestimating demand.

Leann Rimes How Do I Live longevity was a rarity around this time I recall as it kept a yo-yo chart run

 

Though interestingly never managed to climb beyond its week one entry position!

 

Also Baha Men's Who Let The Dogs out going 13-14-2 was slightly bizarre, what happened on the third week - was it after Top Of The Pops or something?

 

I remember that suddenly became a HUGE thing everyone at school was obsessed with around the point it blew up (and subsequently went on for months, I was sick of hearing people saying the chorus in the end :lol: ) so I don't know if it became a country-wide phenomenon in a similar way?

1996-01-20 - 11 - 35 - 7 - Upside Down - Change Your Mind

- a BBC documentary about their formation was aired the week after they charted

 

1996-01-27 - 15 - 21 - 6 - Ace Of Base - Beautiful Life

- I remember getting to about 17 on the chart and thinking "oh no it's fallen out the top 40".. was so happy it had climbed!

 

1996-04-06 - 1 - 6 - 25 - Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit

- apart from Eurovision hype, she was on TOTP 6 times before she even hit number 1, which must have helped!

 

1997-01-18 - 2 - 10 - 15 - No Mercy - Where Do You Go

- aside from being January, again I think their TOTP (and National Lottery) performances helped. They were excellent live and really lifted the song.

I think the answer for many of them will be that they were released "too early". The aim was to get biggest first week sales as possible so you held off for as long as possible, doing all your TV apperarances ahead of the release etc and waiting till every man and his dog knew you had a single coming out. But sometimes singles with hit potential hadn't quite reached saturation point at the time of release, so you might enter a bit lower than expected, but high enough to continue to grow at radio and people would continue to discover the track. I always thought this was a better tactic as you "lost" fewer sales by not being available earlier, and staying in the chart longer might mean that you actually sell more copies in the long run.

 

Yeah I'd agree with this... you used to essentially get different levels of promotion - so you'd have the big pop bands etc promoting heavily on all sorts of shows ahead of release and that would translate to immediate high sales. Then you'd have other tracks, such as Macy Gray, Outkast, Junior Senior etc that wouldn't have had quite the same level of committed fanbase purchases and promotion that would regularly enter lower but continue to sell as airplay increased and people got to know more about the act.

 

James Masterton said at the time that the weird chart run for Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous had been attributable to barcode problems preventing some early sales registering correctly. Also it was a pretty dead week when it moved 20-8.

Also Baha Men's Who Let The Dogs out going 13-14-2 was slightly bizarre, what happened on the third week - was it after Top Of The Pops or something?

Music Week cited Top of the Pops as the main factor for its climb: http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/2000/UK%2...02000.10.28.pdf

I think a few from the late 90’s and early 2000’s charted on import sales, hence massive they’re climb up when they were officially released in the UK.

Music Week cited Top of the Pops as the main factor for its climb: http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/2000/UK%2...02000.10.28.pdf

That's quite surprising that TOTP was the reason for its climb. I've been watching some of the old TOTP 1990 re-runs that are being shown, and I've actually noticed that a performance doesn't usually result in much of an boost for the song on the next chart. Quite often a song actually falls the week after, which I find really odd given how popular TOTP was back then!

1997-01-18 - 2 - 10 - 15 - No Mercy - Where Do You Go

- aside from being January, again I think their TOTP (and National Lottery) performances helped. They were excellent live and really lifted the song.

 

Love that song, I prefer No Mercy's version to the La Bouche original. Weird that No Mercy released the song in January when it is so summery sounding.