Posted February 3, 20241 yr Ignoring songs that have fallen completely out of the charts, such as Wham!'s Last Christmas from No 1 in 2021 and 2023: Was there ever a bigger fall within the official chart than Alex Day's Lady Godiva which fell from No 15 to No 184 in April 2012? And was there ever a bigger climb within the official chart than Goldfrapp's Ooh La La which moved from No 224 to No 4 in 2005? Within the Top 40: P!nk's So What? climbed from No 38 to No 1. The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir 2016 and Ladbaby 2022 share the biggest falls from No 1 within the Top 40, to No 29.
February 3, 20241 yr Ignoring songs that have fallen completely out of the charts, such as Wham!'s Last Christmas from No 1 in 2021 and 2023: Was there ever a bigger fall within the official chart than Alex Day's Lady Godiva which fell from No 15 to No 184 in April 2012? And was there ever a bigger climb within the official chart than Goldfrapp's Ooh La La which moved from No 224 to No 4 in 2005? Within the Top 40: P!nk's So What? climbed from No 38 to No 1. The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir 2016 and Ladbaby 2022 share the biggest falls from No 1 within the Top 40, to No 29. Hard to know without access to charts beyond the top 100! The biggest fall that I know of is Three Lions, 1-97
February 3, 20241 yr Author Out of the 1,492 changes as the UK No 1 Single, 91 have climbed there from outside the Top 10 and 53 from outside the Top 20, since 1952. 529 have entered directly at No 1. Excluding the first chart, Elvis Presley and Jailhouse Rock was the first to do that in 1958, his 2nd No 1 following All Shook Up. Records climbing to No1 from outside the Top10 1 ~ 200 ~ Mandy ~ Westlife ~ 29-Nov-03 2 ~ 196 ~ Unbreakable ~ Westlife ~ 16-Nov-02 3 ~ 194 ~ Uptown girl ~ Westlife ~ 17-Mar-01 4 ~ 191 ~ Heaven ~ DJ Sammy & Yanou ft Do ~ 09-Nov-02 5 ~ 177 ~ All the things she said ~ t.A.T.u. ~ 08-Feb-03 6 ~ 168 ~ Fear ~ Lily Allen ~ 07-Feb-09 7 ~ 157 ~ Don't speak ~ No Doubt ~ 22-Feb-97 8 ~ 157 ~ I don't wanna know ~ Mario Winans ~ 12-Jun-04 9 ~ 156 ~ Dirrty ~ Christina Aguilera ~ 23-Nov-02 10 ~ 146 ~ All this time ~ Michelle ~ 17-Jan-04 11 ~ 145 ~ All about you/You've got a friend ~ McFly ~ 19-Mar-05 12 ~ 144 ~ Do they know it's Christmas? ~ Band Aid 20 ~ 11-Dec-04 13 ~ 144 ~ Wherever you are ~ Military Wives with Gareth Malone ~ 31-Dec-11 14 ~ 143 ~ Rose ~ Westlife ~ 18-Nov-06 15 ~ 133 ~ Spirit in the sky ~ Gareth Gates & the Kumars ~ 22-Mar-03 16 ~ 128 ~ Touch me ~ Rui Da Silva ft Cassandra ~ 13-Jan-01 17 ~ 126 ~ It's like that ~ Run-DMC Vs Jason Nevins ~ 21-Mar-98 18 ~ 115 ~ Prayer in C ~ Robin Shultz and Lillywood ~ 06-Sep-14 19 ~ 115 ~ Changing ~ Sigma ~ 27-Sep-14 20 ~ 104 ~ Spectrum (say my name) ~ Florence and the Machine ~ 21-Jul-12 21 ~ 103 ~ My life would suck without you ~ Kelly Clarkson ~ 07-Mar-09 22 ~ 90 ~ Marvin Gaye ~ Charlie Puth ~ 20-Aug-15 23 ~ 85 ~ Beneath you're beautiful ~ Labrinth ~ 03-Nov-12 24 ~ 78 ~ Don't be so hard on yourself ~ Jess Glynne ~ 27-Aug-15 25 ~ 73 ~ Boys and girls ~ Pixie Lott ~ 19-Sep-09 26 ~ 71 ~ Easy love ~ Sigala ~ 17-Sep-15 27 ~ 69 ~ We're going to Ibiza [iMPORT] ~ Vengaboys ~ 18-Sep-99 28 ~ 68 ~ Fight song ~ Rachel Platten ~ 03-Sep-15 29 ~ 66 ~ Genie in a bottle [iMPORT] ~ Christina Aguilera ~ 16-Oct-99 30 ~ 52 ~ Am I wrong? ~ Nico and Vinz ~ 16-Aug-14 31 ~ 52 ~ House every weekend ~ David Zowie ~ 16-Jul-15 32 ~ 47 ~ 9pm (till I come) [iMPORT] ~ ATB ~ 03-Jul-99 33 ~ 47 ~ Someone like you ~ Adele ~ 26-Feb-11 34 ~ 45 ~ Hey baby [iMPORT] ~ DJ Otzi ~ 22-Sep-01 35 ~ 43 ~ Blue (da ba dee) [iMPORT] ~ Eiffel 65 ~ 25-Sep-99 36 ~ 41 ~ Getting' over you ~ David Guetta ~ 12-Jun-10 37 ~ 38 ~ So what ~ Pink ~ 11-Oct-08 38 ~ 38 ~ Easy on me ~ Adele ~ 13-Jan-22 39 ~ 35 ~ About you now ~ Sugababes ~ 06-Oct-07 40 ~ 33 ~ Happy talk ~ Captain Sensible ~ 03-Jul-82 41 ~ 33 ~ All about that bass ~ Meghan Trainor ~ 11-Oct-14 42 ~ 31 ~ Mambo No 5 [iMPORT] ~ Lou Bega ~ 04-Sep-99 43 ~ 31 ~ It wasn't me [iMPORT] ~ Shaggy ~ 10-Mar-01 44 ~ 28 ~ Singin' in the rain ~ Mint Royale ~ 14-Jun-08 45 ~ 27 ~ Surrender ~ Elvis Presley ~ 01-Jun-61 46 ~ 26 ~ Pass the dutchie ~ Musical Youth ~ 02-Oct-82 47 ~ 23 ~ Welcome to the black parade ~ My Chemical Romance ~ 21-Oct-06 48 ~ 22 ~ Green door ~ Shakin' Stevens ~ 01-Aug-81 49 ~ 21 ~ Hey Jude ~ Beatles ~ 11-Sep-68 50 ~ 21 ~ (Just like) Starting over ~ John Lennon ~ 20-Sep-80 51 ~ 21 ~ Déjà vu ~ Beyonce ~ 02-Sep-06 52 ~ 21 ~ Sexy bitch ~ David Guetta ~ 29-Aug-09 53 ~ 21 ~ One dance ~ Drake ~ 21-Apr-16 54 ~ 19 ~ Are you lonesome tonight? ~ Elvis Presley ~ 26-Jan-61 55 ~ 19 ~ (If paradise is) Half as nice ~ Amen Corner ~ 12-Feb-69 56 ~ 19 ~ Love me for a reason ~ Osmonds ~ 31-Aug-74 57 ~ 19 ~ Stand by me ~ Ben E King ~ 21-Feb-87 58 ~ 18 ~ So sick ~ Ne-Yo ~ 01-Apr-06 59 ~ 18 ~ Official BBC Children in Need Medley ~ Peter Kay (Animated All Star Band) ~ 05-Dec-09 60 ~ 17 ~ Get off of my cloud ~ Rolling Stones ~ 04-Nov-65 61 ~ 16 ~ I hear you knocking ~ Dave Edmunds ~ 27-Nov-70 62 ~ 16 ~ Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep ~ Middle of the Road ~ 19-Jun-71 63 ~ 16 ~ Young love ~ Donny Osmond ~ 25-Aug-73 64 ~ 16 ~ Dancing queen ~ Abba ~ 04-Sep-76 65 ~ 15 ~ I don't like Mondays ~ Boomtown Rats ~ 28-Jul-79 66 ~ 15 ~ Too much too young (EP) ~ Special AKA ~ 02-Feb-80 67 ~ 15 ~ America ~ Razorlight ~ 14-Oct-06 68 ~ 15 ~ Pointless ~ Lewis Capaldi ~ 19-Jan-23 69 ~ 14 ~ Eye level ~ Simon Park Orchestra ~ 29-Sep-73 70 ~ 14 ~ Now you're gone ~ Basshunter ~ 19-Jan-08 71 ~ 13 ~ In the summertime ~ Mungo Jerry ~ 13-Jun-70 72 ~ 13 ~ Star trekkin' ~ Firm ~ 20-Jun-87 73 ~ 13 ~ Smile ~ Lily Allen ~ 15-Jul-06 74 ~ 13 ~ Sexyback ~ Justin Timberlake ~ 09-Sep-06 75 ~ 13 ~ Escapism ~ Raye ~ 12-Jan-23 76 ~ 12 ~ Love grows (where my Rosemary goes) ~ Edison Lighthouse ~ 31-Jan-70 77 ~ 12 ~ Power ~ Snap! ~ 31-Mar-90 78 ~ 12 ~ Smack that ~ Akon ~ 25-Nov-06 79 ~ 12 ~ Telephone ~ Lady Gaga ~ 27-Mar-10 80 ~ 11 ~ Always something there to remind me ~ Sandie Shaw ~ 22-Oct-64 81 ~ 11 ~ Ticket to ride ~ Beatles ~ 22-Apr-65 82 ~ 11 ~ Michelle ~ Overlanders ~ 27-Jan-66 83 ~ 11 ~ Lady Madonna ~ Beatles ~ 27-Mar-68 84 ~ 11 ~ Sugar sugar ~ Archies ~ 25-Oct-69 85 ~ 11 ~ She ~ Charles Aznavour ~ 29-Jun-74 86 ~ 11 ~ Summer nights ~ John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John ~ 20-Sep-78 87 ~ 11 ~ Chicken song ~ Spitting Image ~ 17-May-86 88 ~ 11 ~ Nothing's gonna change my love for you ~ Glenn Medeiros ~ 09-Jul-88 89 ~ 11 ~ Sing ~ Gary Barlow / (Commonwealth Band) ~ 16-Jun-12 90 ~ 11 ~ Take me back to London ~ Ed Sheeran ~ 05-Sep-19 91 ~ 11 ~ River ~ Ellie Goulding ~ 02-Jan-20 Edited February 3, 20241 yr by Tuttavilla
February 5, 20241 yr Killing in the Name by RATM went from 80 to number 1. I think the biggest jumps ether way will probably be either through campaigns like that, or through a song leaking early then being officially released.
February 6, 20241 yr 14 ~ 143 ~ Rose ~ Westlife ~ 18-Nov-06 47 ~ 23 ~ Welcome to the black parade ~ My Chemical Romance ~ 21-Oct-06 51 ~ 21 ~ Déjà vu ~ Beyonce ~ 02-Sep-06 58 ~ 18 ~ So sick ~ Ne-Yo ~ 01-Apr-06 67 ~ 15 ~ America ~ Razorlight ~ 14-Oct-06 73 ~ 13 ~ Smile ~ Lily Allen ~ 15-Jul-06 74 ~ 13 ~ Sexyback ~ Justin Timberlake ~ 09-Sep-06 78 ~ 12 ~ Smack that ~ Akon ~ 25-Nov-06 2006 was such a good year to follow the charts. A unique time when songs could chart on downloads one week prior to physical release. :wub:
February 7, 20241 yr Can someone in simple words explain how this was happening in the physical era? Copies got sold before they should have.
February 8, 20241 yr Copies got sold before they should have. From https://www.everyhit.com/record5.html: "But wait! For industry purposes, a weekly Top 200 is compiled. In the chart for week ending 22th Nov 2003, Westlife appeared at no. 200 with "Mandy". This was due to sales 'leaks'; a relatively small number of singles being accidentally sold the day before the embargo date of 23rd Nov. The following week it shot to Number 1. This 199 place leap could well be considered to be the biggest ever jump to No. 1."
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