#146

Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

 

 

This is Calvin's highest US peak as a solo artist, where it reached #3.

 

Estimated sales: 2.63 million

Year: 2016

Chart run: (2)-2-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-7-7-8-7-10-12-12-12-14-16-20-20-21-27-30-34-35-39-51-52-/-73-47-62-63-69 (35 weeks)

 

#145

Spice Girls - Wannabe

 

 

Their debut with a girl power anthem about valuing friendship over relationships.

 

Estimated sales: 2.63 million including 1.40 million purchases

Year: 1996

Chart run: 3-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-8-10-16-21-29-32-30-37-54-72-74-71-72-59-57-70 (26 weeks)

 

#144

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

 

 

Her debut single and a #5 hit in 1988, which peaked at #4 in 2011 thanks to a "Britain's Got Talent" performance.

 

Estimated sales: 2.64 million

Year: 1988

Chart run: 73-46-26-10-7-5-7-12-18-30-50-61-/-57-/-58-(4)-9-13-23-33-40-28-13-30-40-49-53-70-73-/-41-/-72-/-48-65-/-69-/-38-46-50-72 (37 weeks)

 

#143

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

 

 

From their hugely succcessful "Rumours" album, this was only a very minor hit originally but made the 2023 year end Top 100.

 

Estimated sales: 2.65 million

Year: 1977

Chart run: 50-40-(38)-42-/-62-65 (6 weeks)

 

#142

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

 

 

Also from "Rumours", this is the only song in the Top 200 not to have charted at all, and the final section bass line has been used in the BBC's Formula 1 coverage.

 

Estimated sales: 2.66 million

Year: 1977

Chart run: N/A

 

The Chain has charted? Peak of #81

#141

John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want

 

 

Spent 9 weeks at #1 at the height of "Grease" mania, and reached #4 on re-release in 1998.

 

Estimated sales: 2.67 million including 1.65 million purchases

Year: 1978

Chart run: 52-23-6-2-(1)-1-1–1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-5-7-12-18-30-33-53-61-60-61-68-/-4-16-24-31-52-62-61-71-69 (35 weeks)

 

The Chain has charted? Peak of #81

Sorry should have said no Polyhex / Top 75 run

#140

TLC - No Scrubs

 

 

A US #1 and here a rare case in 1999 of a single climbing to its peak, eventually reaching #3.

 

Estimated sales: 2.67 million

Year: 1999

Chart run: 7-13-8-6-9-(3)-5-5-9-12-12-16-22-29-37-37-44-60-69 (19 weeks)

 

No Scrubs surprisingly high!

#139

Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

 

 

Her debut single, held off the Christmas #1 by LadBaby but reaching the top for the New Year.

 

Estimated sales: 2.67 million

Year: 2018

Chart run: 60-47-32-13-6-2-2-2-(1)-1-1-1-2-2-2-11-10-12-16-19-21-23-24-28-29-28-32-36-41-46-45–50-51-61-65-75-75-69-71-68-65-65-71-72-72-74 (46 weeks)

 

No Scrubs surprisingly high!

 

Still streams of pretty well, been in the top 200 on Spotify a lot this year

#138

Imagine Dragons - Believer

 

 

One of the biggest non Top 40 hits ever, that has featured in many adverts and trailers, including a Nintendo Switch advert.

 

Estimated sales: 2.68 million

Year: 2018

Chart run: (42)-53-47-45-57-60–/-73–/-72-/-46-42-44-50-56 (13 weeks)

 

#137

James Bay - Hold Back The River

 

 

The second single from his chart topping debut album "Chaos And The Calm".

 

Estimated sales: 2.68 million

Year: 2014

Chart run: 18-33-45-63-/-36-31-29-16-16-17-13-8-8-10-4-(2)-3-4-7-11-13-13-15-17-23-23-25-26-25-25-26-29-34-38-44-45-48-49-55-56-48-46-53-59-62-60-61-71-66-/-57-/-56-41-61-70-66-67 (56 weeks)

 

#136

Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

 

 

Originally an acoustic guitar single turned into a huge hit thanks to a remix by Norwegian duo SeeB.

 

Estimated sales: 2.69 million

Year: 2016

Chart run: 69-42-11-3-2-(1)-1-1-1-3-3-3-4-5-5-7-9-10-11-12-14-18-20-22-29-31-36-37-38-35-41-43-57-60-62-67-72-70-/-64 (39 weeks)

 

#135

Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger

 

 

Peaking at #2 for 7 weeks behind 6 different songs, this is the biggest pure selling non #1 hit of all time.

 

Estimated sales: 2.70 million including 1.55 million purchases

Year: 2011

Chart run: 3-3-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-9-7-8-10-16-14-15-11-12-12-16-23-27-30-30-31-35-29–35-38-39-40-42-43-40-45-55-54-58-57-54-65-54-49-46-47-49-58-66-65 (52 weeks)

 

#134

Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?

 

 

His first chart topper, which later in its run former part of an all Bieber Top 3.

 

Estimated sales: 2.70 million

Year: 2015

Chart run: (1)-2-1-1-2-1-1-5-7-6-7-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-3-4-4-8-13-14-16-17-19-19-23-26-27-29-32-38-48-47-48-51-57-59-63-64-71-/-70-66-69-67-72 (48 weeks)

 

#133

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

 

 

Held off #1 by "We Are The World", a big streamer in recent times especially and reached the 2023 year end Top 100.

 

Estimated sales: 2.71 million

Year: 1985

Chart run: 16-5-3-(2)-2-3-4-9-15-25-36-51-70-75-/-73 -/-74-72 (17 weeks)

 

#132

Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

 

 

Also a sleeper hit for the US band which had a huge chart run both here and in the States.

 

Estimated sales: 2.71 million

Year: 2012

Chart run: 35-56-67-52-59-58-50-46-38-38-33-41-48-64-54-36-31-32-18-(12)-14-13-14-14-17-21-26-25-25-26-29-36-39-39-33-32-36-42-42-45-55-50-63-74-/-68-61-/-72-70-60-75-32-44-67-/-61-71-/-62-61-68-/-66-68 (60 weeks)

 

#131

Cher - Believe

 

 

One of the biggest selling singles of the 1990s and a huge moment in her career, with pioneering use of auto-tune.

 

Estimated sales: 2.72 million including 1.85 million purchases

Year: 1998

Chart run: (1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-3-4-7-14-21-23-28-29-30-35-38-37-48-62-61-68-72-/-59-61 (28 weeks)