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List of Most Weeks on UK Singles Chart

The following is a list of all the singles that have charted for more than 40 weeks in total on the Top 75 UK Singles chart. To be elibible the single has had to be the original version whether it be by re-entry or re-issue. Re-mixes do not count unless under certain circumstances.

ORIGINAL YEAR ARTIST SONG PEAK POSITION WEEKS
1969 Frank Sinatra My Way[1] 8 124
2006 Snow Patrol Chasing Cars[2] 6 102
2008 Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire[3] 1 87
2009 Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling[4] 1 76
2007 Take That Rule The World[5] 2 73
1970 Judy Collins Amazing Grace[6] 5 67
2009 Lady Gaga Poker Face[7] 1 66
2008 Kings Of Leon Use Somebody[8] 2 64
1982 Journey Don't Stop Believin'[9] 6 63
1983 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax[10] 1 59
2006 Amy Winehouse Rehab[11] 7 58
1955 Bill Haley and his Comets Rock Around The Clock [12] 1 57
2010 Tinie Tempah Pass Out [13] 1 57
1967 Engelbert Humperdink Release Me[14] 1 56
2008 Jason Mraz I'm Yours[15] 11 56
1961 Acker Bilk Stranger On The Shore[16] 2 55
1995 Faithless Insomnia [17] 3 53
2008 Flo Rida / T-Pain Low [18] 2 53
1994 Oasis Whatever [19] 3 51
2007 Rihanna / Jay-Z Umbrella [20] 1 51
1973 Slade Merry Xmas Everybody[21] 1 50
1983 New Order Blue Monday[22] 3 50
2007 Nickelback Rockstar[23] 2 50
2010 Adele Make You Feel My Love[24] 4 48
1964 Jim Reeves I Love You Because[25] 5 47
2009 Lady Gaga Bad Romance[26] 1 47
1987 The Pogues / Kirsty MacColl Fairytale of New York[27] 2 46
2007 Coldplay Viva La Vida[28] 1 46
1961 Chubby Checker Let's Twist Again[29] 2 44
1981 Soft Cell Tainted Love[30] 1 44
2005 Kayne West / Jamie Foxx Gold Digger[31] 2 44
2008 Duffy Mercy[32] 1 44
1975 John Lennon Imagine[33] 1 43
1983 Grandmaster Melle Mel White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)[34] 7 43
2005 Jay-Z / Linkin Park Numb/Encore[35] 14 43
2009 Beyonce Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)[36] 7 43
2010 Eminem / Rihanna Love The Way You Lie[37] 2 43
1984 Wham! Last Christmas[38] 2 42
2007 Take That Shine[39] 1 42
2007 Timbaland / OneRepublic Apologize[40] 3 42
2007 The Fray How To Save A Life[41] 4 42
2009 Lady Gaga / Colby O'Donis Just Dance[42] 1 42
2010 Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are[43] 1 42
2007 Scouting For Girls She's So Lovely[44] 7 41
2009 Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down[45] 4 41
2010 Katy Perry Firework[46] 3 41
1961 Andy Stewart A Scottish Soldier[47] 19 40
1973 Dawn featuring Tony Orlando Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree[48] 1 40
1978 Boney M Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring[49] 1 40
2005 James Blunt You're Beautiful[50] 1 40
2006 Mika Grace Kelly[51] 1 40
2006 Take That Patience[52] 1 40
2007 Mark Ronson / Amy Winehouse Valerie[53] 2 40
2010 Lady Gaga / Beyonce Telephone[54] 1 40

  • New Order's 'Blue Monday' includes the re-mixed version of the original as this was finally made available on seven inch for the first time in 1988 [55] with almost the same catalogue number and sales for this shorter version and the original were combined when calculating it's chart position. The second re-mix of 1995 [56] charted for 4 weeks but is excluded from this list.
  • In addition to Slade's 50 week chart count for 'Merry Xmas Everybody' they also had two re-mixes of the single which do not count in the above list as they were a re-recorded with other artists and were not the original song. The first being a re-recording in 1980 credited to Slade and the Reading Choir; the second being a re-mix in 1998 credited to Slade vs Flush. [57]
  • Grandmaster Melle Mel's 'White Lines (Don't Don't do it)' was re-mixed in 1994[58] as 'White Lines (Don't do it) and charted for an additional 3 weeks. It was also re-recorded in 1995[59] by Duran Duran featuring Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and charted for another 5 weeks. These are not counted in the above list.
  • It is also worth mentioning Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds famous song Three Lions which although isn't yet elligible for the above list for either version has clocked up an impressive 46 weeks [60] on the UK Singles Chart Top 75 under the guise of Three Lions and Three Lions '98. Originally released in 1996 as Three Lions; subsequently released in 1998 and re-issued in 2002 as Three Lions '98 then re-issued in 2006 as Three Lions/Three Lions '98 as a dualdisc. In 2010 Three Lions charted once again due to downloads. It was also released in 2010 [61] by The Squad aptly called Three Lions 2010 clocking up a further 5 weeks in addition to the 46 weeks.
  • Apart from the festive songs only four songs would have charted for a longer period and made an impact on the above list had the official chart rules included downloads prior to January 2007. These are Gnarles Barkley - Crazy, which was deleted at No.5 in June 2006 and allowed to re-chart in January 2007. Had this been allowed to chart consecutively it may have clocked up a maximum of 47 weeks. James Blunt - You're Beautiful, was deleted at No.50 in March 2006 after 40 weeks but would have most certainly clocked up a few weeks more before dropping out of the Top 75. Jay-Z/Linkin Park - Numb/Encore would almost certainly have charted between May 2005 and January 2007 giving it a higher placing. Lastly Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars would have charted for a further 7 weeks as this was deleted in early November 2006, 7 weeks prior to the new download rules.


References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.disco007.com/disco/disco/singles_chart.html British Hit Singles & Albums
  2. ^ http://acharts.us/song/8584
  3. ^ http://acharts.us/song/37205
  4. ^ http://acharts.us/song/44000
  5. ^ http://acharts.us/song/28851
  6. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=5344 British Hit Singles & Albums
  7. ^ http://acharts.us/song/37371
  8. ^ http://acharts.us/song/37371
  9. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums prior to October 2003) http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=9625 http://acharts.us/song/26696
  10. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums
  11. ^ http://acharts.us/song/11232
  12. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums
  13. ^ http://acharts.us/song/53824
  14. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=4340 British Hit Singles & Albums
  15. ^ http://acharts.us/song/34437
  16. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=2868 British Hit Singles & Albums
  17. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums prior to October 2003 http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=154 http://acharts.us/performer/faithless
  18. ^ http://acharts.us/song/29058
  19. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=22348 http://acharts.us/song/55777
  20. ^ http://acharts.us/song/16150
  21. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=819 http://acharts.us/song/11572
  22. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=543 http://acharts.us/song/10016
  23. ^ http://acharts.us/song/11128
  24. ^ http://acharts.us/song/38570
  25. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=1369
  26. ^ http://acharts.us/song/51422
  27. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://acharts.us/song/7273 http://www.chartstats.com/search.php?q=pogues
  28. ^ http://acharts.us/song/35477
  29. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/search.php?q=chubby+checker
  30. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/search.php?q=soft+cell
  31. ^ http://acharts.us/song/866
  32. ^ http://acharts.us/song/33720
  33. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=771 http://acharts.us/song/27327
  34. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3975
  35. ^ http://acharts.us/song/641
  36. ^ http://acharts.us/song/38524
  37. ^ http://acharts.us/song/55808
  38. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/search.php?q=wham http://acharts.us/song/3018
  39. ^ http://acharts.us/song/11942
  40. ^ http://acharts.us/song/12504
  41. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=32689
  42. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=33899
  43. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=49456
  44. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=33094
  45. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=48812
  46. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=49579
  47. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=2615 British Hit Singles & Albums
  48. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=5891
  49. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=7549
  50. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=712
  51. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=32670
  52. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=32590
  53. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=33141
  54. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=34366
  55. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=15098
  56. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=22984
  57. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/search.php?q=slade
  58. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3975
  59. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=22840
  60. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=957
  61. ^ http://acharts.us/song/55276

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