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Is Houdini a cover song or not please? Steve Miller or his own Without You, or not really any of those, please?

I, for one, am loving the maths.

My Top 5 favourites which peaked at No 3 between 1958 and 1961, in chronological order: All the Way / Chicago - Frank Sinatra Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me - Shirley Bassey Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka But I Do - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry (who recently passed away) Halfway to Paradise - Billy Fury

Duffy's Mercy was a pretty powerful No 1 that week, maybe Better in Time by itself would have toppled her...

75 EPs charted between 1956 and 2011. They contained individual songs, so I don't think one can simply add up their total times to say it's the longest Top 20 entry - but I can try?! I suspect Orb would still be longer...

OK. Then: 2008: Leona Lewis - Better in Time / Footprints in the Sand - charted between March and May inclusive Bandaged - Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth - late December for 2 weeks - so I suppose the next last double-A side unless that was a combination as well... McFly - Do Ya? / Stay with Me - early December for 1 week

Thank you: I did not look far enough down the spreadsheet for 1992, it ranked 115 out of 274 for that year. <_<

In 2010: the Glee Cast charted two double-A sides simultaneously in February - Halo / Walking on Sunshine at No 9 and It's My Life / Confessions Part II at No 14. They both lasted 2 weeks in the Top 20. There have been no other double-A sides since 2010. There were 320 double-A sides to reach the Top 20, the first in 1954 and the most with 21 in 2004. Thank you to all about Orb's longest single.

The average time of all 14,367 single to have made the UK Top 12 / Top 20 since 1952 - including today's chart is: 3 minutes 31 seconds. By decade: 1950's - 2 mins 36 secs 1960's - 2 mins 48 secs 1970's - 3 mins 35 secs 1980's - 4 mins 1 sec 1990's - 4 mins 5 secs 2000's - 3 mins 49 secs 2010's - 3 mins 38 secs 2020's - 3 mins 9 secs - so far 1959 was the year with the shortest songs at an average of 2 mins 23 secs 1957 had the shortest Top 20 song of all time with 1 min 27 secs: Elvis Presley's Let's Have A Party. 1998 has been the year with the longest average time of 4 mins 21 secs 1996 had the longest Top 20 song of all time with 7 mins 36 secs: Born Slippy by Underworld - although there are many different recordings of this track of lengths between 4 and 12 mins.

I've honestly forgotten its name; I had Foxtrot in my User Name - if that jogs any cogs... I think Mikey was on the previous site as well, I could be wrong. I used to write the commentaries for ChartsPlus before Herman sold it.

Ah! Back in the day, as one of the contributors to ChartsPlus, I used to receive the charts at 13.00 every Sunday afternoon, conditional, of course, on not releasing the information before the BBC. It helped with the preparation...

I guess you could pretend to do the chart show, releasing the information as if... Not allowed, I suppose?! You do a stunning job with all the information, by the way. Far removed from when I used to do it on a predecessor site to Buzzjack some 15+ years ago.

For chart history anoraks' amusement. Note: Change at No 1 is not the same as Different No 1s: there have been 77 weeks when previous No 1s have returned to No 1, including re-issues, even if some of the lyrics have been altered. Here in my heart § Al Martino § USA § 1953 § 1st UK No 1 Single Living doll § Cliff Richard and the Drifters § England § 1959 § 100th change at No 1 § 1st of 2 versions to reach No 1 Do you mind? § Anthony Newley § England § 1960 § 100th different No 1 Lovesick blues § Frank Ifield § Australia § 1962 § 100th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 How do you do it? § Gerry and the Pacemakers § England § 1963 § 100th song to climb from No 2 to No 1 I feel fine § Beatles § England § 1965 § 200th change at No 1 Help! § Beatles § England 2 1965 § 200th different No 1 I'll never fall in love again § Bobbie Gentry § USA § 1969 § 300th change at No 1 My sweet Lord § George Harrison § England § 1971 § 200th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 Knock three times § Dawn § USA § 1971 § 300th different No 1 Annie's song § John Denver § USA § 1974 § 200th song to climb from No 2 to No 1 Hold me close § David Essex § England § 1975 § 400th change at No 1 Don't cry for me Argentina § Julie Covington § England § 1977 § 400th different No 1 Show you the way to go § Jacksons § USA § 1977 § 100th song to fall from No 1 to No 3 Special A.K.A. Live! EP § Specials § England § 1980 § 300th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 § 2nd EP to reach No 1 Making your mind up § Bucks Fizz § England / Ireland § 1981 § 500th change at No 1 Oh Julie § Shakin' Stevens § Wales § 1982 § 100th song to climb from No 3 to No 1 Little peace § Nicole § Germany § 1982 § 500th different No 1 Rock me Amadeus § Falco § Austria § 1986 § 300th song to climb from No 2 to No 1 Every loser wins § Nick Berry § England § 1986 § 600th change at No 1 China in your hand § T'Pau § England § 1987 § 600th different No 1 Too many broken hearts § Jason Donovan § Australia § 1989 § 400th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 Ain't no doubt § Jimmy Nail § England § 1992 § 700th change at No 1 Twist and shout § Chaka Demus and Pliers § Jamaica § 1994 § 700th different No 1 I'll be missing you § Puff Daddy and Faith Evans § USA § 1997 § 500th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 § 2nd of 2 versions to reach No 1 Something about the way you look / Candle in the wind § Elton John § England § 1997 § 800th change at No 1 § 30th double-A side to reach No 1 Freak me § Another Level § England / USA § 1998 § 100th song to enter the chart at No 1 Millennium § Robbie Williams § England § 1998 § 800th different No 1 Groovejet (if this ain't love) § Spiller § Italy § 2000 § 900th change at No 1 Black coffee § All Saints § England / Canada § 2000 § 200th song to fall from No 1 to No 3 Way to your love § Hear'Say § England / Wales § 2001 § 900th different No 1 Too close § Blue § England § 2001 § 200th song to enter the chart at No 1 Breathe § Blu Cantrell § USA § 2003 § 600th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 Slow § Kylie Minogue § Australia § 2003 § 100th song to fall from No 1 to No 4 All this time § Michelle § Scotland § 2004 § 1,000th change at No 1 Get right § Jennifer Lopez § USA § 2005 § 1,000th different No 1 That's my goal § Shayne Ward § England § 2006 § 300th song to enter the chart at No 1 Now you're gone § Basshunter § Sweden § 2008 § 1,100th change at No 1 Holiday § Dizzee Rascal § England § 2009 § 1,100th different No 1 Nothin' on you § B.o.B. § USA § 2010 § 700th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 What's my name? § Rihanna § Barbados § 2011 § 400th song to climb from No 2 to No 1 Give me everything § Pitbull § USA § 2011 § 1,200th change at No 1 Young § Tulisa § England § 2012 § 400th song to enter the chart at No 1 Wings § Little Mix § England § 2012 § 1,200th different No 1 Tsunami § DVBBS and Borgeous § Canada / USA § 2014 § 1,300th change at No 1 Black magic § Little Mix § England 2 2015 § 300th song to fall from No 1 to No 3 Hello § Adele § England § 2015 § 1,300th different No 1 Closer § Chainsmokers § USA § 2016 § 800th song to fall from No 1 to No 2 Shotgun § George Ezra § England § 2018 § 1,400th change at No 1 § 56th different song to return to No 1 Break up with your girlfriend, I'm bored § Ariana Grande § USA § 2019 § 500th song to enter the chart at No 1 § The only sandwich between another of the same artist's No 1 songs Food aid § LadBaby § England § 2023 § 1,400th different No 1 P.S. The year is when the song fell from No 1, not the year it reached the Top 20.

Just Artemas so far... Taylor Swift surely and Shaboozey probably... Only No 12 out of the Top 20 is missing a peaked song so far this year...

Exactly.

Here in my heart § Al Martino § USA § 1953 Broken wings § Stargazers § UK § 1953 Song from Moulin Rouge § Mantovani § Italy § 1953 Let's have another party § Winifred Atwell § Trinidad § 1955 Softly softly § Ruby Murray § Northern Ireland § 1955 Cherry pink and apple blossom white § Perez 'Prez' Prado and his Orchestra § Cuba § 1955 Cumberland gap § Lonnie Donegan § Scotland § 1957 Diana § Paul Anka § Canada § 1957 As I love you § Shirley Bassey § Wales § 1959 What do you want to make those eyes at me for? § Emile Ford and the Checkmates § St Lucia § 1960 Moon river § Danny Williams § South Africa § 1962 I remember you § Frank Ifield § Australia § 1962 Diane § Bachelors § Ireland § 1964 Cinderella Rockefella § Esther and Abi Ofarim § Israel § 1968 Baby come back § Equals § Jamaica / Guyana § 1968 Je t'aime…moi non plus § Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg § France § 1969 I'd like to teach the world to sing (in perfect harmony) § New Seekers § Germany § 1972 Waterloo § Abba § Sweden § 1974 Bohemian rhapsody § Queen § Zanzibar § 1976 Roussos phenomenon EP § Demis Roussos § Greece § 1976 Mississippi § Pussycat § Netherlands § 1976 Yes sir, I can boogie § Baccara § Spain § 1977 Rivers of Babylon / Brown girl in the ring § Boney M § Aruba / Montserrat § 1978 Use it up and wear it out § Odyssey § Philippines § 1980 Sun always shines on TV § A-ha § Norway § 1986 Rock me Amadeus § Falco § Austria § 1986 Theme from S-Express § S-Express § Belgium § 1988 Ride on time § Black Box § Guadeloupe § 1989 Do they know it's Christmas? § Band Aid II § Congo § 1990 Sadness Part 1 § Enigma § Romania § 1991 Saturday night § Whigfield § Denmark § 1994 Killing me softly § Fugees § Haitii § 1996 Your woman § White Town § India § 1997 Perfect day § **Various Artists** - BBC Children in Need § St Kitts § 1997 Livin' la vida loca § Ricky Martin § Puerto Rico § 1999 Touch me § Rui da Silva § Portugal § 2001 Gotta get thru this § Daniel Bedingfield § New Zealand § 2001 All the things she said § t.A.T.u. § Russia § 2003 Hips don't lie § Shakira § Columbia § 2006 Grace Kelly § Mika § Lebanon § 2007 Umbrella § Rihanna § Barbados § 2007 What a wonderful world § Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua § Georgia § 2007 Number 1 § Tinchy Stryder § Ghana § 2009 Replay § Iyaz § British Virgin Islands § 2010 Heroes § X Factor Finalists 2010 § Brazil § 2010 R.I.P. § Rita Ora § Yugoslavia § 2012 Gangnam style § PSY § South Korea § 2012 Wake me up § Gareth Malone's All Star Choir § Kenya / Zimbabwe § 2014 Do they know it's Christmas? § Band Aid 30 § Benin § 2014 Bridge over troubled water § Artists for Grenfell § Nigeria § 2017 53 different nations. [Cross-checked against two different data bases, so should be correct...]

Yes! Ready?

Quite definitely from the USA, born and bred to two USA parents. She adopted Swiss nationality for tax reasons only, which did not change her quintessential American blood.

Yes, an interesting one, I remember, when I was doing the research, thinking: born in Switzerland but the kicker for me is that both his parents were Italian citizens plus they all moved back to Italy when piccolo Roberto was still a small child and he practiced as a DJ in Italy for most of his too short life. "Children".

All artists from Switzerland to have reached the Top 20 Singles: Heatwave (partially) Patrick Juvet Double Yello Oui 3 (partially) H2O PF Project; Tzant (partially) Shakedown Yves Larock Samim Oliver $ and Jimi Jules (partially)

Oliver $ and Jimi Jules had a No 15 hit in September 2014 with Pushing On: Jimi Jules is a Swiss DJ. Oliver Dollar is German.

Analysing and dissecting every act which has reached the Top 20 to the point of, for example, giving the Monkees 75% for the USA and 25% for England, here are the Top 20 countries for both disciplines: Albums: 1 England 1,254 different acts 46% of the total of 2,739 acts to have reached the Top 20. 2 United States of America 888 32% 3 Scotland 122 4% 4 Ireland 65 2% 5 Wales 56 2% 6 Canada 54 2% 7 Australia 45 2% 8 Germany 25 1% 9 Sweden 25 1% 10 Northern Ireland 23 1% 11 France 20 1% 12 Italy 14 0% 13 Netherlands 11 0% 14 New Zealand 9 0% 15 Norway 9 0% 16 Jamaica 9 0% 17 South Africa 7 0% 18 Denmark 7 0% 19 Spain 7 0% 20 Japan 6 0% Singles: 1 England 1,921 different acts 40% of the total of 4,750 acts to have reached the Top 20. 2 United States of America 1,631 34% 3 Scotland 155 3% 4 Canada 97 2% 5 Australia 82 2% 6 Germany 81 2% 7 Ireland 73 2% 8 Netherlands 72 2% 9 Italy 72 2% 10 Jamaica 69 1% 11 Wales 63 1% 12 Sweden 61 1% 13 France 52 1% 14 Northern Ireland 27 1% 15 Belgium 21 0% 16 Denmark 17 0% 17 Norway 15 0% 18 Spain 13 0% 19 South Korea 11 0% 20 South Africa 11 0%

Thank you kind man, I was celebrating my 70th that week, not an excuse really...

Michael Jackson 2 occasions 2 weeks Take That 1 occasion 3 weeks No Bee Gees However! You are right, Saturday Night Fever's first week at No 1 in May 1978 was also the second of Night Fever's 2 weeks at No 1. Whitney Houston 1 occasion 1 week

Qualification: minimum two occasions and three weeks: 1 Beatles 14 occasions 45 weeks 2 Elvis Presley 6 22 3 Abba 4 13 4 Madonna 4 8 5 Ed Sheeran 3 10 6 Queen 3 8 7 Rolling Stones 3 5 8 Police 3 4 9 Rihanna 3 3 10 Lady Gaga 3 3 11 Ariana Grande 3 3 12 Cliff Richard and the Shadows 2 9 13 Rod Stewart 2 7 14 Wet Wet Wet 2 7 15 Adele 2 7 16 T Rex 2 5 17 Spice Girls 2 5 18 Robbie Williams 2 4 19 Beyoncé 2 4 20 Drake 2 3 Only Cliff Richard and the Shadows in 1962, the Beatles in 1963 and Ed Sheeran in 2017 have managed 6 consecutive weeks - the record - with the same combination of Single and Album titles. No 1 on both charts has been achieved 146 times by 95 different acts for a total of 303 weeks. Elvis was the first in 1961, Beyoncé the latest earlier this month.