ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE CHART RUN TO N.2

 

 

Russ Hamilton We Will Make Love 1957 29-21-19-15-13-8-8-5-3-3-{2}-4-7-10-10-12-19-16-24-26->20

 

 

 

The Casuals Jesamine 1968 50-38-24-22-12-6-3-3-3-{2}-3-8-11-10-16-26-46-50->18

Not in a row but unusual for the beverly hills cop theme

 

Harold Faltermeyer Axel F 1985 73-62-62-72-63R(7)-42-30-10-4-{2}-2-2-3-5-12-16-23-25-36-52-60-73->22

 

 

 

 

 

 

A very very great song

 

Nina Simone Ain't Got No/I Got Life/Do What You Gotta Do 1968 45-45-35-28-18-10-7-7-3-{2}-3-7-7-9-14-20-27-45->18

VERY VERY NEAR TO ROCKSTAR CHART RUN

 

 

 

T.Rex Ride A White Swan 1970 47-37-31-30-15-7-7-6-12-12-10-4-4-{2}-4-7-14-12-26-38->20

And now one of a longer complete chart rn for a n. 2 hit

 

 

 

Mr Acker Bilk Stranger On The Shore 1961

32-16-14-6-6-8-{2}-2-2-5-8-7-12-11-13-8-8-7-6-7-13-12-10-15-13-12-11-12-11-11-9-9-17-19-18-20-19-18-22-23-27-30-32-31-38-47-39-35-40-33-31-45-39-43-37->55

Another well remembere song of the 80's

 

Erasure Sometimes 1986 68-57-43-33-16-7-3-{2}-5-5-7-7-9-17-31-48-67->17

 

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A slow n. 2 and a classy song of the 90's

 

 

Seal Crazy 1990 45-32-23-15-11-4-{2}-4-5-11-15-16-27-45-70->15

Billy Fury's 1961 hit Halfway To Paradise took 13 weeks to peak at UK#3

 

41-43-31-23-18-9-5-7-7-4-7-7-3-3-7-6-5-4-6-9-14-22-34->23

An interesting long climb INSIDE the top ten, another classic of 90's

 

Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart 1996 4-5-5-4-5-4-3-{2}-4-2-4-8-13-15-23-33-33-55-72->19

 

 

While more recently Outkast's Hey Ya also took 13 weeks to hit UK#3 early in 2004

 

6-8-10-13-22-16-13-14-9-9-4-4-3-6-6-6-9-19-32-45-65->21

 

 

Madonna Holiday took 13 weeks to catch n.2 but in two separate chart runs

Similary Percy Sledge's When a man loves a woman took 20 weeks to go n. 2 but in 2 different chart runs

A SUPER CLASSIC EVERGREEN

 

 

 

Nat 'King' Cole When I Fall In Love 1957 20-9-11-9-3-4-4-3-{2}-3-3-6-7-10-11-13-17-16-19-30->2

Not a too long chart run to n. 2 but very strange at that time for a super duo

 

Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson Say Say Say 1983

 

25-10-13-14-3-{2}-2-3-12-18-25-25-29-33-50->15

In download era a slow climb is an ordinary fact

 

 

Gwen Stefani Featuring Akon The Sweet Escape 2006

 

43-23-10-8-7-3-{2}-2-4-3-3-6-10-11-14-18-25-30-34-40-41-61-68-68R(2)-67-41-49-59->28

Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra Guaglione {1994}

 

 

41-55-57-45-75R(14)-58-11R(3)-3-3-{2}-3-6-9-13-23-31-42-52-55-66-63-69->22

 

Not a #2 hit but one of the most imprssive in a time when singles peaked on the first week and plummeted out of the charts -

 

Lonestar - Amazed (2000)

 

24-23-30-36-32-30-28-26-{21}-23-22-22-21-26-30-35-37-42-51-57-64-73 (22 weeks)

:lol: Bros - When Will I Be Famous (1987)

 

62-70-51R(4)-39-16-6-{2}-3-6-11-21-36-57-58-60 (15 weeks)

 

Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (1987)

 

43-34-24-8-3-{2}-2-5-13-23-30-39-53-69 (14 weeks)

 

 

Los Del Mar - Macarena (1996)

 

64-74R(6)-11-8-4-5-{2}-4-7-7-9-12-18-26-35-42-58-66-70