March 31, 20214 yr All Saints - Never Ever and Steps - Heartbeat/Tragedy - not the best example of similarity in this thread, but nevertheless I associate them together - both were November releases that didn't make it to #1 until January (in the late 90s it was quite uncommon for singles to not peak at #1 until many weeks into their chart runs). Never Ever release date: 10th November 1997 [entered at #3; #1: Aqua - Barbie Girl (4th week at #1) | #2: Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (3rd week at #2)] Heartbeat/Tragedy release date: 9th November 1998 [entered at 2; #1: Cher - Believe (4th week at #1)] Both singles managed 15 weeks in the Top 10: 03 05 06 05 04 04 04 02 01 02 02 04 05 03 07 [All Saints] 02 05 05 08 08 06 04 01 02 03 03 03 06 10 10 [steps] Both featured in the EOY Top 20 in two consecutive years: Never Ever - 13th in 1997 [690k], 16th in 1998 [567k] Heartbeat/Tragedy - 12th in 1998 [626k], 19th in 1999 [523k]
March 31, 20214 yr This made me chortle. :lol: Excellent finds. :o How did you do it?I have a spreadsheet of the charts from 1990-2020 (I scraped them from the OCC site at one point lol) and I added a column with, each week, each song's chart run over the last 10 weeks (or chart run thus far for songs on less than 10 weeks of age), and looked for double-ups in the 10-week segments, and then the ones of songs' first 9 weeks, 8 weeks, etc. Most of them are uninteresting (eg it's no surprise there are multiple songs that have charted 1-1-1-1-2-2), but there were several standouts which are the ones I posted. A few more: Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-3-4-5-7-9-10-11-17... Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises: 4-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-3-4-18-23-22-38... New Kids On The Block - Step By Step: 2-5-12-23-30-45-72 E-17 - Each Time: 2-5-12-23-30-47-51-44-47-64... iiO - Rapture: 2-5-8-10-19-30-37-36-33-39-48-62... Craig David feat. Sting - Rise & Fall: 2-5-8-10-19-28-35-57-67-71 Ironik feat. Chipmunk & Elton John - Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer): 3-3-7-11-16-24-40-49-76-97-95-87-55-83... David Guetta feat. Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj - Where Them Girls At: 3-3-7-11-16-26-23-26-26-17-18-15-19-19-21-24-36-32... Conor Maynard - R U Crazy: 4-9-11-17-22-35-42-63-74... Blonde feat. Alex Newell - All Cried Out: 4-9-11-17-22-26-32-38-42-60-49-50... Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight: 5-10-13-17-26-35-41-41-43-42-53... Shaggy - Luv Me Luv Me: 5-10-13-17-26-28-48-62-59-63... Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles: 6-9-11-16-18-18-18-18-23-26-42-54-62... Sia - Chandelier: 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... (that #18 for 4 weeks in a row in 2002 is very impressive)
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