#166

Aqua - Barbie Girl

 

 

The first in a string of big hits for the Danish-Norwegian group, which re-entered the Top 40 on the release of the "Barbie" movie last year.

 

Estimated sales: 2.56 million including 1.86 million purchases

Year: 1997

Chart run: 2-(1)-1-1-1-2-3-3-3-6-7-10-18-24-31-34-36-39-45-57-60-58-63-70-/-66-73–/-40-42-50-57 (30 weeks)

 

#165

Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie and Sean Paul - Rockabye

 

 

The lyrics were written by Ina Wrolsden about her son, and it became the first song to be Christmas #1 having already topped the chart for 6 weeks.

 

Estimated sales: 2.56 million

Year: 2007

Chart run: 7-3-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-5-9-8-12-12-15-20-35-38-56-53-45-44-57-59-57-57-62-60-63-/-70-72-66-74 (36 weeks)

 

#164

Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

 

 

Despite its lasting popularity this was only a #4 hit following up two #1s.

 

Estimated sales: 2.57 million

Year: 1973

Chart run: 19-6-(4)-4-4-4-16-22-41-/-61-41-41-68-/-50-36-23-35-/-65-27-16-18-62-/-47-31-33-61-/-60-45-51-46-/-52-46-48-49-/-58-28-31-38-/-58-31-29-38-/-37-31-41-/-52-35-39-37-/-43-34-27-73–/-37-36-27-23-/-24-22-23-15-/-45-33-24-12-/-44-34-29-10-/-61-23-19-16-13-12-/-74-28-25-22-17-15–/-53-28-23-26-19-/-55-30-27-26-25 (91 weeks)

 

#163

Shaggy featuring Ricardo 'RikRok' Ducent - It Wasn't Me

 

 

From the "Hot Shot" album, this had not been intended as a single until it was leaked to radio.

 

Estimated sales: 2.57 million including 1.44 million purchases

Year: 2001

Chart run: 31-37-31-(1)-2-3-2-2-2-2-5-8-10-13-15-22-24-32-39-49-58-73-70 (23 weeks)

 

#162

Lumineers - Ho Hey

 

 

This was written as a song that would get the attention of disinterested concert goes with its shouts, but became a huge crossover hit.

 

Estimated sales: 2.58 million

Year: 2012

Chart run: 45-23-12-15-(8)-11-11-12-16-17-16-16-13-19-22-23-28-15-20-21-18-16-12-15-16-18-22-25-29-31-37-32-34-29-24-28-27-25-37-41-45-53-58-63-64-65-65-69-73-/-58-/-61 (50 weeks)

 

#161

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

 

 

This originally struggled to fulfill its potential as a post album single, until a remix with Ariana Grande was released.

 

Estimated sales: 2.58 million

Year: 2020

Chart run: 34-35-34-31-15-13-11-11-15-14-15-15-16-22-21-20-8-5-5-8-4-(2)-2-3-3-6-9-9-11–10-10-28-31-34-40-47-49-50-48-54-58-56-65-62-63-63-/-55-/-60-64-65-66-70-64-64-57-62-62-68-64-61-61-67-72-75-67-/-72-74-/-72-69-71-73 (71 weeks)

 

#160

Robin Thicke featuing T.I. & Pharrell - Blurred Lines

 

 

One of the most downloaded singles ever despite being panned by critics even at the time, and later being the subject of a landmark lawsuit.

 

Estimated sales: 2.58 million including 1.68 million purchases

Year: 2013

Chart run: (1)-1-1-1-2-2-1-2-3-3-5-7-10-10-15-18-19-18-28-32-33-26-30-35-44-51-62-61-50-60-39-28-47-49-49-56-61-66-62-62-64-67-/-65-56-55-/-72-69-/-71-75 (49 weeks)

 

#159

Lana del Ray vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness

 

 

Only the fourth single from "Born To Die", but the remix turned it into a huge sleeper hit.

 

Estimated sales: 2.59 million

Year: 2012

Chart run: 32-(4)-4-4-5-4-5–7-12-12-15-19-27-39-39-47-56-40-50-68-74-/-53-58-61-65–/-68-68-62-66-75-64-44-47-68-/-50-44-53-55-70 (39 weeks)

 

#158

Beyoncé - Halo

 

 

The fourth of as many as nine singles from "I Am... Sasha Fierce", allegedly originally offered to Leona Lewis.

 

Estimated sales: 2.59 million

Year: 2008

Chart run: 40-20-9-(4)-5-7-6-8-10-10-15-17-20-23-26-32-36-53-53-48-38-44-43-48-51-63-69-/-74-/-45-59-66-/-60-/-59-45-48 (35 weeks)

 

#157

Adele - Make You Feel My Love

 

 

The fourth single from "21" and a Bob Dylan song covered by more than 450 artists.

 

Estimated sales: 2.59 million

Year: 2008

Chart run: 63-26-29-45-74-/-24-44-/-(4)-11-20-17-27-19-9-12-9-21-31-26-33-31-27-7-19-15-23-25-24-25-27-33-37-36-40-39-57-59-66-/-34-45-58-63-/-62-69-62-/-67-64-60-70-60-66-/-74 (55 weeks)

 

#156

The Weeknd - The Hills

 

 

This originally struggled to fulfill its potential as a post album single, until a remix with Ariana Grande was released.

 

Estimated sales: 2.60 million

Year: 2015

Chart run: 51-30-35-35-40-41-35-31-32-34-35-31-34-35-29-24-28-29-25-23-5-(3)-5-4-6-9-11-10-12-17-21-18-20-25-23-29-33-35-40-31-34-45-52-49-51-60-67-72 (48 weeks)

 

#155

Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

 

 

The fourth single from "Fine Line" and a sleeper hit, inspired by the American novel "In Watermelon Sugar".

 

Estimated sales: 2.60 million

Year: 2019

Chart run: 35-28-55-47-18-50-17-29-33-39-39-72-/-35-21-16-15-11-7-6-6-6-5-7-(4)-5-5-8-8-24-25-29-28-34-36-36-38-43-51-53-64-/-41-49-54-57-44-40-62-46-60-/-67-67-67-65-/-75-70-/-64-29-25-25-31-29-/-67 (62 weeks)

 

#154

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

 

 

The second of her four chart toppers to date from the "Fifty Shades Of Grey" soundtrack.

 

Estimated sales: 2.60 million

Year: 2015

Chart run: (1)-1-1-1-2-4-5-5-9-12-16-18-21-23-25-29-32-34-32-37-39-38-46-42-46-40-50-49-53–53-61-64-69-67-70–71-71-/-63 (38 weeks)

 

#153

Earth, Wind and Fire - September

 

 

One of the most streamed songs from the '70s that receives a boost around the autumnal equinox.

 

Estimated sales: 2.61 million

Year: 1978

Chart run: 58-28-24-24-18-5-4-(3)-5-8-14-39-71-/-25-40-55 (16 weeks)

 

#152

Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

 

 

The lead single from "Future Nostalgia" and still the biggest, though "Levitating" is hot on its heels.

 

Estimated sales: 2.61 million

Year: 2019

Chart run: (2)-2-2-4-4-3-4-14-3-3-4-7-6-4-4-5-5-6–5-6-6-4-5-5-8-9-29-26-29-37-37-39-38-39-41-52-49-50-58-59-59-73-/-73–72-/-67 (45 weeks)

 

#151

Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

 

 

A #2 hit in the run up to Christmas 2008, held off by Leona Lewis's "Run" but bigger in the long run.

 

Estimated sales: 2.61 million including 1.13 million purchases

Year: 2008

Chart run: 29-29-38-48-50-30-25-21-17-15-10-(2)-7-5-6-5-8-8-10-11-12-3-7-11-8-10-15-15-21-22-30-31-36-41-51-49-49-50-47-66-/-73-65-65-69-64-59-64-62-36-50-47-25–36-43-55-53-55-59-59-71-/-60-/-71-/-63-/-62-/-74-/-60-35-/-70-/-62-59-56-/-48-72-/-50-/-64-/-64-/-72 (77 weeks)

 

#150

Eminem featuring Dido - Stan

 

 

The third and biggest single from "The Marshall Mathers LP" and the beginning of Dido's mainstream career, held to a single week at #1 by "Bob The Builder".

 

Estimated sales: 2.62 million

Year: 2000

Chart run: (1)-2-3-2-5-10-12-18-22-22-26-30-30-38-54-68-/-74-/-72 (18 weeks)

 

#149

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

 

 

Their debut single from "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" which is still in the weekly Top 100 albums.

 

Estimated sales: 2.62 million

Year: 2005

Chart run: (1)-2-2-5-9-8-13-14-17-15-17-15-16-23-22-33-43-42-46-51-50-61-68-68–/-75-/-54 (26 weeks)

 

#148

Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

 

 

The longest running UK #1 ever, from "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves".

 

Estimated sales: 2.62 million including 1.87 million purchases

Year: 2008

Chart run: 8-2-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-6-12-36-63-/-73 (25 weeks)

 

#147

Zara Larsson - Lush Life

 

 

She revealed in 2021 as it passed 1 billion Spotify streams that the version everyone knows is a remix, and released the original as a retro version.

 

Estimated sales: 2.63 million

Year: 2016

Chart run: 72-40-27-19-16-9-6-4-4-(3)-4-5-5-5-6-7-7-9-13-15-18-17-19-22-27-30-31-33-39-42-44–45-51-52-57-60-62-56-58-66-74-74-/-58-72 (44 weeks)