Dandelions by Ruth B has now spent 22 weeks in the Top 75 but has only peaked at #42 - this much surely be a record?

I can't think of any others off the top of my head! The first one to come to mind was Imagine Dragons 'Believer' but amazingly despite managing 34 weeks in the Top 100 only 13 of them were in the Top 75.

 

Others that come close off the top of my head:

 

Joel Adams - Please Don't Go (20 weeks Top 75, 21 weeks Top 100)

DOD & Carla Monroe - Still Sleepless (20 weeks Top 75, 21 weeks Top 100)

 

Judging by the answer to this Pointless question, it looks like if there is another it has to be post-2018.

Martin & Gina from last year was top 75 for ages without going too 40 wasn’t it?

Martin & Gina was 33 weeks Top 100 but “only” 20 Top 75.

 

I know Jim found a 90s track that had an epic Top 100 run without going Top 40 but not sure how much of that was Top 75? I’m rubbish at searching for old discussions. ;)

That was 'The King Is Here'/'The 900 Number' from 45 King which spent 30 weeks in the top 100 of which 5 were top 75 so not close.

I hadn't realised how many weeks 'Dandelions' had got to (mind this may be because I don't really consider top 75 stats to be of much meaning) so good catch there - my first thought for what the previous record may have been was 'Martin & Gina' and indeed looks like that may have been the joint record holder.

I still haven't even heard this song, even though I'm perfectly aware of its existence. Maybe I should do something about that.

I still haven't even heard this song, even though I'm perfectly aware of its existence. Maybe I should do something about that.

Do - it’s gorgeous. :)

I’d still love it to go Top 40 although if it’s broken a record that’s something I guess.

Let It Go by Demi Lovato (#42, 27 weeks)

Believer by Imagine Dragons (#42, 34 weeks)

A-Punk by Vampire Weekend (#55, 21 weeks)

July by Noah Cyrus (#66, 20 weeks)

Let It Go only spent 20 weeks in the Top 75 - and Believer only spent 13 in the Top 75 as previously posted :)

 

Can’t see anything to beat Dandelions - yet…..

Do - it’s gorgeous. :)

I’d still love it to go Top 40 although if it’s broken a record that’s something I guess.

 

I should think any chance of suddenly going back up to make the top 40 is long gone now it's heading downwards every time. It's done very well for a song that peaked outside though. I'm not sure but it could even be on ACR now as there's no way of knowing what would be on the declines at the moment.

I'm not sure but it could even be on ACR now as there's no way of knowing what would be on the declines at the moment.

Nope - it’s on 1 week of decline max and may even be 0 as its sales stayed roughly the same this week, so it has 2 more weeks Top 75 minimum. :)

To answer the question - yes.

 

Restricting data to purely the Top 75 (So Top 75 since 1978 when it began) and removing all entries that peaked between 1 and 40 (regardless of how many weeks said record spent between 41 and 75) we have

 

MinOfDate - Wks - Peak - Artist - Title - Label - DLCatNum

05/02/2022 - 22 - 42 - Ruth B. - Dandelions - Columbia - USSM11703468

11/01/2014 - 20 - 42 - Demi Lovato - Let It Go - Walt Disney/Virgin EMI - USWD11366344

09/07/2016 - 20 - 50 - Joel Adams - Please Don't Go - Will Walker - AUZN31500442

29/07/2017 - 20 - 57 - Travi$ Scott - Butterfly Effect - Epic - USSM11704799

07/11/2020 - 20 - 48 - Polo G - Martin & Gina - Columbia - USQX92002595

05/02/2022 - 20 - 46 - D.O.D & Carla Monroe - Still Sleepless - Axtone - GBKCF2101056

30/04/2005 - 19 - 48 - Faithless - Insomnia - Cheeky - GBBXH9820026

25/06/2016 - 19 - 47 - TwentyOne Pilots - Ride - Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic - USAT21500598

19/08/2017 - 18 - 41 - 21 Savage - Bank Account - Slaughter Gang/Epic - USSM11705546

15/11/2014 - 16 - 48 - Ariana Grande & The Weeknd - Love Me Harder - Republic - USUM71409728

30/07/2016 - 16 - 59 - Frenship featuring Emily Warren - Capsize - Columbia - GBKPL1665135

18/05/2019 - 16 - 45 - Becky Hill & Weiss - I Could Get Used To This - Eko/Polydor - GBUM71900997

31/10/2020 - 16 - 45 - Yung Bleu featuring Drake - You're Mines Still - OVO - USWB12004394

26/02/2022 - 16 - 43 - Elley Duhé - Middle Of The Night - RCA - USRV81901815

10/07/1982 - 15 - 44 - Ken Barrie - Postman Pat - Post Music - PP 001

27/08/2016 - 15 - 47 - Tory Lanez - Luv - Interscope - USUM71604429

05/08/2017 - 15 - 45 - Hardy Caprio featuring One Acen - Unsigned - A2i - GBLFP1738020

03/04/2021 - 15 - 50 - Maroon 5 & Megan Thee Stallion - Beautiful Mistakes - Interscope - USUM72102260

20/11/2004 - 14 - 44 - House Of Pain - Jump Around - Tommy Boy - USTB10300119

20/01/2007 - 14 - 44 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama - MCA - USMC17446153

20/08/2016 - 14 - 46 - Tove Lo - Cool Girl - Polydor - SEUM71601198

18/04/2020 - 14 - 44 - Robbie Doherty & Keees - Pour The Milk - Relentless - GBHAD1902177

01/05/2021 - 14 - 46 - Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae - You - Ministry Of Sound - GBCEN2100036

 

If we expand the weeks to the Top 100 (Top 75 1978-1982 and Top 100 since - with 1991-1992 back to a Top 75) we get

 

MinOfDate - Wks - Peak - Artist - Title - Label - DLCatNum

18/02/2017 - 34 - 42 - Imagine Dragons - Believer - Interscope - USUM71700626

20/11/2004 - 33 - 44 - House Of Pain - Jump Around - Tommy Boy - USTB10300119

19/09/2020 - 33 - 48 - Polo G - Martin & Gina - Columbia - USQX92002595

11/03/1989 - 32 - 60 - The 45 King - The King Is Here / The 900 Number - Trax - DRX9

10/10/2015 - 29 - 58 - Drake & Future - Jumpman - Cash Money/Epic/Republic - USCM51500300

28/12/2013 - 27 - 42 - Demi Lovato - Let It Go - Walt Disney/Virgin EMI - USWD11366344

17/02/2007 - 22 - 59 - Mika - Lollipop - Casablanca/Island - USC7R0600045

21/04/2007 - 22 - 44 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Big Boy - USMAC0100119

25/06/2016 - 22 - 47 - TwentyOne Pilots - Ride - Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic - USAT21500598

22/07/2017 - 22 - 57 - Travi$ Scott - Butterfly Effect - Epic - USSM11704799

22/05/2021 - 22 - 64 - Surf Curse - Freaks - Big Joy - TCACA1429223

05/02/2022 - 22 - 42 - Ruth B. - Dandelions - Columbia - USSM11703468

09/02/2008 - 21 - 55 - Vampire Weekend - A-Punk - XL - XLS305CD

02/07/2016 - 21 - 50 - Joel Adams - Please Don't Go - Will Walker - AUZN31500442

12/08/2017 - 21 - 41 - 21 Savage - Bank Account - Slaughter Gang/Epic - USSM11705546

18/05/2019 - 21 - 45 - Becky Hill & Weiss - I Could Get Used To This - Eko/Polydor - GBUM71900997

29/01/2022 - 21 - 46 - D.O.D & Carla Monroe - Still Sleepless - Axtone - GBKCF2101056

04/09/1993 - 20 - 45 - Clubhouse featuring Carl - Light My Fire - PWL Continental - PWL272

17/02/2001 - 20 - 42 - Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow - Hot/Blix Street - HIT 16

30/04/2005 - 20 - 48 - Faithless - Insomnia - Cheeky - GBBXH9820026

23/07/2016 - 20 - 59 - Frenship featuring Emily Warren - Capsize - Columbia - GBKPL1665135

11/01/2020 - 20 - 66 - Noah Cyrus - July - Records - USQX91901092

 

I then wondered... And I removed form the data set anything that was a Top 40 position. What, I thought, would the list become if we included everything that was just in the range 41-75? Would the list change? And if so, by how much?

 

Again, just looking at weeks between 41 and 75 we have the below.

 

MinOfDate - CountOfTwk - Peak - Artist - Title - Label - DLCatNum

03/06/2017 - 84 - 41 - Ed Sheeran - Perfect - Asylum - GBAHS1700024

26/06/2004 - 81 - 45 - The Killers - Mr. Brightside - Lizard King - LIZARD010CD2

14/04/2007 - 80 - 44 - Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars - Fiction - 1704397

19/01/2019 - 50 - 42 - Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved - Virgin EMI - DEUM71806776

27/10/2007 - 49 - 41 - Take That - Rule The World - Polydor - 1746285

30/11/2013 - 48 - 43 - Ed Sheeran - I See Fire - Decca - USNLR1300728

02/04/1969 - 47 - 41 - Frank Sinatra - My Way - Reprise - RS 20817

27/02/1982 - 45 - 42 - Journey - Don't Stop Believin' - Columbia - A 1728

10/08/2013 - 45 - 41 - Bastille - Pompeii - Virgin EMI - GB1201200092

05/04/2014 - 45 - 41 - Vance Joy - Riptide - Infectious - AULI01385760

20/06/2009 - 44 - 41 - The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling - Interscope - 2713158

05/07/2014 - 43 - 41 - Ed Sheeran - Photograph - Asylum - GBAHS1400094

14/04/2018 - 43 - 41 - George Ezra - Shotgun - Columbia - GBARL1701372

18/02/1995 - 42 - 41 - Oasis - Whatever - Creation - CRESCD195

25/10/2008 - 42 - 41 - Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody - Hand Me Down - 88697412182

23/05/2009 - 42 - 43 - Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire - Hand Me Down - 88697352002

19/12/1981 - 40 - 41 - Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody - Polydor - 2058 422

17/02/2007 - 38 - 42 - Amy Winehouse - Rehab - Island - 1709535

09/05/2020 - 37 - 41 - Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go - Virgin EMI - DEUM71905868

24/07/2010 - 36 - 41 - Tinie Tempah - Pass Out - Parlophone - GB7TP0900014

04/01/2020 - 36 - 41 - The Weeknd - Blinding Lights - XO/Republic - USUG11904206

03/09/2011 - 35 - 41 - LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem - Interscope - USUM71100061

18/07/2015 - 35 - 42 - Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud - Asylum - GBAHS1400099

20/01/2018 - 35 - 41 - Tom Walker - Leave A Light On - Relentless - GBARL1701655

29/12/2018 - 35 - 43 - Lady GaGa & Bradley Cooper - Shallow - Interscope - USUM71813192

 

3 of the songs on that list starting their runs at pretty much exactly the same time this year!

A-Punk ❤️

Dandelions has so far made it to 27 weeks, overtaking Mumford & Sons - The Cave and Rihanna - Needed Me on 26 weeks which previously had the most without reaching the Top 30!

I'd be curious to see how much sales Ruth is on so far. Selling between 7k and 11k without touching top 40, 27 weeks and counting!

I'd be curious to see how much sales Ruth is on so far. Selling between 7k and 11k without touching top 40, 27 weeks and counting!

398k. The track will be certified Gold next Friday.

 

About 239k of that is in 2022.

Fascinating data sets from KOS as ever above! To think how much these stats have risen in the streaming era; it tells quite a story in itself. And lest we forget, had the chart not been manipulated to remove anything beyond the third biggest track per artist and accelerate decline by the ACR rule since July 2017, the numbers would surely be even higher.

Edited August 2, 20222 yr by Gambo