Oasis single Don’t Look Back In Anger has had a fourth chart run in the Top 40 this week.

The single reached number one in 1996, then in re-entered the top forty in 2017, 2024 and 2025 in the current chart at the time of this post.

John Lennon's 'Imagine'

1975: #6 (original release)

1980: #1 (posthumous chart topper)

1999: #3 (re-release)

2012: #18 (Olympics)

The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris would be up there too with 4

#26 in 1999

#39 in 2006

#3 in 2011

#12 in 2013

Looking at the current top 100:

Lose Control (5 runs)

The Door (5 runs)

Iris (4 runs)

Someone You Loved (4 run)

That's So True (4 runs)

Good Luck Babe (4 runs)

Die With A Smile (4 runs)

Most of these are in the same overall top 100 run though, not sure if that's what we're looking for here.

How many times has 3 lions entered, plus do we count christmas songs that appear every year

Let’s not count Christmas songs which enter the chart every year

15 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

How many times has 3 lions entered

10 times (1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 twice), 11 if you include 3 Lions 98

Edited Sunday at 16:244 days by gasman449

23 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

10 times (1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 twice), 11 if you include 3 Lions 98

And gonna be every 2 years forever more isn't it 😅 (or every year if the women do well )

Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' has had 6 runs in the top 40, although 4/6 of those were just returning for a single week due to Halloween downloads/streams (the other two of course being its original release and his death) so it's not quite fitting the spirit of the thread - if only it had been among his series of 2006 re-releases it could have had runs for 4 distinct reasons. Likewise Ray Parker Jr.'s 'Ghostbusters' has had 4 runs but 3 were for the same reason.

Cannot immediately think of any others that aren't just regular seasonal returners!

'Blinding Lights' entered (or re-entered) the Top 40 at least once per year from 2019 to 2022 inclusive, and same with 'Seventeen Going Under' from 2021 to 2024.

The Stone Roses - Fools Gold entered the Top 40 in each of 1989, 1990, 1995 and 1999.

As alluded to on SyncTube today Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' very nearly qualifies for this - #13 in 1980, #19 in 1983, #19 again in 1995 but falling just short at #46 in 2007.

The Jam - In The City also came close, but did make the Top 50 in 4 separate years without going Top 30:

1977: #40

1980: #40

1983: #47

2002: #36

what about Tay's Cruel Summer? (I'm travelling and cannot check myself)

But you said data can be found in a nanosecond 👀

Although it had 3 granted each time they were long runs

Edited Monday at 08:553 days by 777666jason

^which part of "i'm travelling" you didn't understand, you're really ruining this forum with your passive-aggressiveness

16 hours ago, Brer said:

Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' has had 6 runs in the top 40, although 4/6 of those were just returning for a single week due to Halloween downloads/streams (the other two of course being its original release and his death) so it's not quite fitting the spirit of the thread - if only it had been among his series of 2006 re-releases it could have had runs for 4 distinct reasons. Likewise Ray Parker Jr.'s 'Ghostbusters' has had 4 runs but 3 were for the same reason.

Cannot immediately think of any others that aren't just regular seasonal returners!

Even more irritating is that it was released but was ineligble as it was the first in the series and came packaged with a box to hold the collection in!

26 minutes ago, Bjork said:

^which part of "i'm travelling" you didn't understand, you're really ruining this forum with your passive-aggressiveness

But you managed to type out 2 long messages 🤭

2 hours ago, Shaky Fan said:

Even more irritating is that it was released but was ineligble as it was the first in the series and came packaged with a box to hold the collection in!

Ah I didn't know that, I did think it was odd that it'd be omitted from the series!

Just to let you know…

This thread is Top 40 runs, not Top 100, and excludes Christmas songs.

Which is why people were asking as you wernt very specific 😂