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List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK singles chart

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The following is a list of songs that have charted for 100 weeks or more in total on the UK singles chart top 100, according to the Official Charts Company (OCC). The chart here is as recorded by the OCC, i.e. usually a Top 50 from 1960 to 1978, Top 75 from then until 1982, and Top 100 from 1983 onwards. In the pre-digital age, records with re-recorded vocals (for example, live versions) and remixes released with substantially different catalogue numbers did not count towards the total and were seen as new hits (see "Blue Monday" as an example). In the digital age, if versions of a record are substantially the same tune, whether the release is remixed, live or re-recorded, they are combined under one chart entry, unless the record company has requested a version to be listed as a separate entry.

With over 400 weeks in the chart, "Mr Brightside" by the Killers has had more weeks in the Top 100 than any other single in over 70 years of chart data, and is also now in first place in the Top 75 long runners list (as previously used in The Guinness Book Of Hit Singles). It took over from "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi, which has managed to stay in the Top 75 for 99 consecutive weeks, with "Mr Brightside" dipping in and out of the Top 75 at various times over the last two decades. "Last Christmas" has spent the most weeks in the Top 3. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has spent the most weeks in the Top 10 and Top 40. When only a Top 50 was compiled, Frank Sinatra's "My Way" set a record which still stands: 122 weeks in the Top 50 between April 1969 and January 1972. It also held the record for most weeks in the top 40 with 75, until The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" achieved its 76th week in the region in 2021 and most weeks in the top 75 with 124, which was surpassed by Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" in 2021.

The longest unbroken run in the Top 100 is 105 weeks for "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd, which also holds the longest consecutive run in the top 75 (103 weeks). Engelbert Humperdinck's "Release Me" held the record run in the Top 50, at 56 weeks, for over 40 years until beaten by "All of Me" by John Legend with 58 consecutive weeks in the top 50 (since passed by "Thinking Out Loud" with 63 weeks). The song with the most weeks at No. 1 is "I Believe" by Frankie Laine which stayed in the Top 10 for 35 weeks, 18 of them at No. 1 and a further seven at No. 2. Also noteworthy is "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets, the only song released in the 1950s to appear in the lists, which achieved 36 of its weeks when only a Top 20 or Top 30 were published.

In the pre-digital era, Christmas-themed songs were often re-released in different years and several have continued to chart each year from the mid-2000s onwards. "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade has had 27 chart runs in 30 different years (1973–74, 1980–87, 1989–90 and 2006–23), while "Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl has reached the Top 10 ten times and spent a record 70 weeks in the Top 20 and 84 weeks in the Top 40. In a similar but more modest way, since 2007, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson and "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. have charted at Halloween in fifteen and thirteen years, respectively.

The numbers shown are up to the chart for week ending 15 December 2024. A star sign (*) indicates that the song is in the current week's chart.

Songs with 20 or more weeks in the Top 3

3 songs have spent 20 or more weeks in the Top 3 of the UK Charts."Last Christmas" by Wham! holds the record for the most weeks in the top 3 history with 32 weeks."I Believe" by Frankie Laine is in second place with 26 weeks and All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey is in third place with 23 weeks.

Songs with 20 or more weeks in the Top 10

36 songs have spent 20 or more weeks in the Top 10 of the UK Charts. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey holds the record for the most weeks in the Top 10 history with 50 weeks. "Last Christmas" by Wham! holds the record for the most weeks in the top 10 by a British act with 47 weeks. "I Believe" by Frankie Laine holds the record for the most consecutive weeks in the top 10 with 35 weeks. "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl holds the record for the most weeks in the Top 10 without reaching number one with 36 weeks.

SongArtistYear first
entered chartChart
peakTotal weeks
in top 10Consecutive
weeksReference
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey199415
"Last Christmas"Wham!19841517
"Fairytale of New York"198725
"As It Was"Harry Styles2022118url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/51376/harry-styles/title=Harry Stylespublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=11 March 2023}}
"I Believe"Frankie Laine1953135url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27745/frankie-laine/title=Frankie Lainepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=13 April 2020}}
"Beautiful Things"Benson Boone2024117url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/61326/benson-boone/title=Benson Boonepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=3 March 2025}}
"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi2018120
"Cruel Summer"Taylor Swift2019213url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5387/taylor-swift/title=Taylor Swiftpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=23 February 2024}}
"Secret Love"Doris Day1954127
"Calm Down"Rema2022325
"Don't Start Now"Dua Lipa2019218
"The Happy Wanderer"Obernkirchen Children's Choir1954222
"Stick Season"Noah Kahan2023123
"Terry's Theme from Limelight"Frank Chacksfield1953223
"One Dance"Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla2016123url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6213/drake/title=Drakepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=13 April 2020}}
"Espresso"Sabrina Carpenter2024116url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/47469/sabrina-carpenter/title=Sabrina Carpenterpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=24 September 2024}}
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Brenda Lee196234
"Because You're Mine"Mario Lanza195232222
"The Song from Moulin Rouge"Mantovani1953121
"Relax"Frankie Goes to Hollywood1983110url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21146/frankie-goes-to-hollywood/title=Frankie Goes to Hollywoodpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=13 April 2020}}
"What Do You Mean?"Justin Bieber2015122url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6002/justin%20bieber/title=Justin Bieberpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=13 April 2020}}
"Shape of You"Ed Sheeran2017122url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6692/ed-sheeran/title=Ed Sheeranpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=13 April 2020}}
"Blinding Lights"The Weeknd2019121url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22895/weeknd/title=The Weekndpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=6 July 2015}}
"Bad Habits"Ed Sheeran2021122
"Peru"Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran2021222
"Prada"Cassö, Raye and D-Block Europe2023214
"Pink Pony Club"Chappell Roan2024122url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/chappell-roan/title=Chappell Roanpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=27 June 2025}}
"She Loves You"The Beatles1963121
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"Bryan Adams1991121
"Austin"Dasha2024521
"Ordinary"Alex Warren2025120url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/alex-warren/title=Alex Warrenpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=4 July 2025}}
"Golden"Huntrix2025120
"Oh Mein Papa"Eddie Calvert1953120
"Little Things Mean a Lot"Kitty Kallen1954120
"Cara Mia"David Whitfield with Mantovani and His Orchestra1954119
"Rock Around the Clock"Bill Haley and His Comets1955115url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1636/bill-haley-and-his-comets/title=Bill Haley & His Cometspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=6 July 2015}}
"Love Is All Around"Wet Wet Wet1994120
"Happy"Pharrell Williams2013120url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18922/pharrell/title=Pharrell Williamspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=6 July 2015}}
"Thinking Out Loud"Ed Sheeran2014120
"Greedy"Tate McRae2023311url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/58205/tate-mcrae/title=Tate McRaepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=24 September 2024}}

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Songs with 50 or more weeks in the Top 40

The Top 40 chart has been broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 1 (currently as The Official Chart) since 12 November 1978 and is often referred to as 'the charts'. Appearing in the Top 40 can greatly increase a song's exposure on television and radio. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey holds the record for the most weeks in the Top 40 history with 101 weeks. In June 2015, "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran became the first (and so far only) single to stay in the Top 40 for 54 consecutive weeks – equivalent to one year, having spent a record-breaking 18 weeks in the chart before reaching No. 1.

SongArtistYear first
entered chartChart
peakTotal weeks
in top 40Consecutive
weeksReference
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey199417
"Fairytale of New York"featuring Kirsty MacColl198728
"Last Christmas"Wham!1984111
"My Way"1969516url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15791/frank-sinatra/title=Frank Sinatrapublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=6 July 2015}}
"Heat Waves"Glass Animals2020530
"Blinding Lights"The Weeknd2019148
"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi2018149
"Beautiful Things"Benson Boone20241*45
"As It Was"Harry Styles2022133
"Lose Control"Teddy Swims2023248url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/60257/teddy-swims/title=Teddy Swimspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=24 January 2025}}
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"Band Aid1984111url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16510/band-aid/title=Band Aidpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=11 December 2024}}
"Merry Xmas Everybody"Slade197319url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30945/slade/title=Slade full Official Chart Historypublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=6 July 2015}}
"Stick Season"Noah Kahan2022149url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/63540/noah-kahan/title=Noah Kahanpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=16 September 2024}}
"Merry Christmas Everyone"Shakin' Stevens198517url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/50482/shakin-stevens/title=Shakin' Stevenspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=26 December 2020}}
"Thinking Out Loud"Ed Sheeran2014154
"All of Me"John Legend2014244url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16378/john-legend/title=John Legend full Official Chart Historypublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=24 May 2019}}
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/title = Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Companywebsite = Official Charts}}2007105url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/artists/wizzard/title=Wizzardpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=26 December 2020}}
"Good Luck, Babe!"Chappell Roan2024233url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/chappell-roan/title=Chappell Roanpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=25 April 2025}}
"Stranger on the Shore"1961245url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30120/mr--acker-bilk/title=Acker Bilkpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=6 July 2015}}
"Dance Monkey"Tones and I2019150url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/56050/tones-and-i/title=Tones and Ipublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=24 May 2019}}
"Bad Habits"Ed Sheeran2021129
"Birds of a Feather"Billie Eilish20242*28url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/52396/billie-eilish/title=Billie Eillishpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=30 May 2025}}
"Happy"Pharrell Williams2013149

Songs with 65 or more weeks in the Top 75

The Top 75 was published each week by Music Week magazine until March 2021 (when it became a monthly publication), with records reaching the top 75 described as hits (as in the case of The Virgin/Guinness Book of British Hit Singles). Since March 2021, the Official Charts Company have compiled a monthly Top 75 chart countdown for the publication. In regards to the weekly chart, the longest continuous run in the Top 75 is 103 weeks for "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd (December 2019 to November 2021). In 2014, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams and "Let It Go" by Idina Menzel became the first singles ever to stay in the Top 75 for a whole calendar year, since also achieved by "Blinding Lights" in 2020. Frank Sinatra's "My Way" held the record for most weeks in the top 75 for nearly 50 years until it was broken by "Perfect" in 2021.

SongArtistYear first
entered chartChart
peakTotal weeks
in top 75Consecutive
weeksReference
"Mr. Brightside"200410*29
"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi2018115999
"Perfect"2017162
"My Way"Frank Sinatra1969512442
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey199418
"Last Christmas"Wham!1984113
"Fairytale of New York"featuring Kirsty MacColl198729
"Heat Waves"Glass Animals2020568
"Chasing Cars"Snow Patrol2006648
"Merry Xmas Everybody"Slade197319
"Blinding Lights"The Weeknd20191103
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"Band Aid1984113
"Thinking Out Loud"Ed Sheeran2014173
"Shotgun"George Ezra2018180
"As It Was"Harry Styles2022145
"Merry Christmas Everyone"Shakin' Stevens198518
"Sex on Fire"Kings of Leon2008142url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13265/kings-of-leon/title=Kings of Leonpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=6 July 2015}}
"Riptide"Vance Joy20131021url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30899/vance-joy/title=Vance Joypublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 July 2015}}
"Stick Season"Noah Kahan2022164
"Dance Monkey"Tones and I2019167
"Pompeii"Bastille2013230url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7574/bastille/title=Bastillepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 July 2015}}
"Lose Control"Teddy Swims20232*51
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"Wizzard2007106
"I Gotta Feeling"2009163url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5263/black-eyed-peas/title=Black Eyed Peasdate=10 October 1998publisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 July 2015}}
"Rather Be"Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne2014173url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25722/clean-bandit/title=Clean Banditpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 July 2015}}
"Use Somebody"Kings of Leon2008240
"Rule the World"Take That2007230url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31006/take-that/title=Take Thatpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 July 2015}}
"All of Me"John Legend2014268
"Shape of You"2017170
"Happy"Pharrell Williams2013170
"Chandelier"Sia2014653url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9062/sia/title=Siadate=3 June 2000publisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=11 October 2015}}
"Someone like You"Adele2011161url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3710/adele/title=Adelepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 July 2015}}
"Driving Home for Christmas"Chris Rea1988106url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29468/chris-rea/title=Chris Reapublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=11 December 2024}}
"Beautiful Things"Benson Boone20241*48
"Another Love"Tom Odell20121019url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27999/tom-odell/title=Tom Odellpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=9 September 2024}}
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Brenda Lee196246url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/title = Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Companywebsite = Official Charts}}
"Iris"Goo Goo Dolls19983*10url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/32349/goo-goo-dolls/title=Goo Goo Dollspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=4 October 2015}}
"Amazing Grace"1970532url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13893/judy-collins/title=Judy Collinspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 July 2015}}
"Cruel Summer"Taylor Swift2019224
"Don't Stop Believin'"Journey1982648
"Poker Face"Lady Gaga2009146url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5334/lady-gaga/title=Lady Gagadate=10 January 2009publisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 July 2015}}
"Take Me to Church"Hozier2014263url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30680/hozier/title=Hozierpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=26 October 2015}}
"I'm Yours"Jason Mraz20081147url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5301/jason-mraz/title=Jason Mrazpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 July 2015}}
"Photograph"20141545
"This Is Me"Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman Ensemble2018365url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/52641/settle-greatest-showman-ens/title=SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENSpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=4 October 2015}}
"Calm Down"Rema2022364url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/58181/rema/title=Remapublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=27 October 2023}}
"Head & Heart"Joel Corry featuring MNEK2020162
"Counting Stars"OneRepublic2013159url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3351/onerepublic/title=OneRepublicpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 July 2015}}
"Shallow"Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper201816439
"Let It Go"Idina Menzel20131163url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5248/idina-menzel/title=Idina Menzelpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 July 2015}}
"The Man Who Can't Be Moved"The Script2008230url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4040/script/title=Scriptpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=3 September 2024}}
"Titanium"David Guetta featuring Sia2011132url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/816/david-guetta/title=David Guettapublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 July 2015}}
"Wake Me Up"Avicii2013157url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7203/avicii/title=Aviciipublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=28 September 2015}}
"Budapest"George Ezra2014352url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30845/george-ezra/title=George Ezrapublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=11 September 2015}}
"Uptown Funk"Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars2014149url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/826/mark-ronson/title=Mark Ronsonpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 October 2015}}
"Bad Guy"Billie Eilish2019237url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/52396/billie-eilish/title=Billie Eilishpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 November 2015}}
"Radioactive"Imagine Dragons20121244url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26279/imagine-dragons/title=Imagine Dragonspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 July 2015}}
"Before You Go"Lewis Capaldi2019150
"Relax"Frankie Goes to Hollywood1983148
"Rehab"Amy Winehouse2006734url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/812/amy-winehouse/title=Amy Winehousepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=11 October 2015}}
"Party Rock Anthem"LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock2011134url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5955/lmfao/title=LMFAOpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=11 October 2015}}
"Lean On"Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ2015257url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7531/major-lazer/title=Major Lazerpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=20 March 2016}}
"Stay with Me"Sam Smith2014158url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21501/sam-smith/title=Sam Smithpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=28 September 2015}}
"Rock Around the Clock"Bill Haley and His Comets1955117
"Release Me"Engelbert Humperdinck1967156url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17134/engelbert-humperdinck/title=Engelbert Humperdinckpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=28 October 2015}}
"Pass Out"Tinie Tempah2010139url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6110/tinie-tempah/title=Tinie Tempahpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=28 October 2015}}
"Rolling in the Deep"Adele2011243
"I See Fire"20131325
"Hold Back the River"James Bay2014245title=James Bayurl=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/45227/james-bay/access-date=7 November 2015publisher=Official Charts Company}}
"Sorry"Justin Bieber2015155
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"Brenda Lee196247title=Brenda Leeurl=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8197/brenda-lee/access-date=7 November 2015publisher=Official Charts Company}}
"Stranger on the Shore"1961255
"Make You Feel My Love"Adele2008434
"Low"Flo Rida featuring T-Pain2008238url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3737/flo-rida/title=Flo Ridapublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 October 2015}}
"Can't Stop the Feeling!"Justin Timberlake2016245url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/114/justin-timberlake/title=Justin Timberlakepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 October 2015}}
"Viva la Vida"Coldplay2008141url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7620/coldplay/title=Coldplaypublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=18 October 2015}}
"Price Tag"Jessie J featuring B.o.B.2011136url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6616/jessie-j/title=Jessie Jpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 October 2015}}
"Let Her Go"Passenger2013251url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8112/passenger/title=Passengerpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=4 October 2015}}
"Sunflower"Post Malone featuring Swae Lee2018336url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/53497/post-malone-ft-swae-lee/title=Post Malone ft Swae Leepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=9 October 2016}}
"Insomnia"Faithless1995319url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10034/faithless/title=Faithlesspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=22 November 2015}}
"How to Save a Life"2007439url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2096/fray/title=The Fraypublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=26 October 2015}}
"Somebody That I Used to Know"Gotye featuring Kimbra2012145url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7240/gotye/title=Gotyepublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=22 November 2015}}
"Stitches"Shawn Mendes2015151url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/32758/shawn-mendes/title=Shawn Mendespublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=9 October 2016}}
"Iris"Goo Goo Dolls19983*10url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/32349/goo-goo-dolls/title=Goo Goo Dollspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=4 October 2015}}
"Gold Digger"Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx2005237url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14958/kanye-west/title=Kanye Westpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 October 2015}}
"Moves Like Jagger"Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera2011252url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13601/maroon-5/title=Maroon 5publisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=22 November 2015}}
"Leave a Light On"Tom Walker2018718url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/52746/tom-walker/title=Tom Walkerpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=15 March 2019}}
"What Makes You Beautiful"One Direction20111*35url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7132/one-direction/title=One Directionpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=4 October 2015}}
"Whatever"Oasis1994315
"Umbrella"Rihanna featuring Jay-Z2007147url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12203/rihanna/title=Rihannapublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=26 October 2015}}
"Paradise"Coldplay2011140
"Gangnam Style"Psy2012149url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7592/psy/title=Psypublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 November 2015}}
"Where Are Ü Now"Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber2015151url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/47257/skrillex-and-diplo-justin-bieber/title=Skrillex & Diplo/Justin Bieberpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=20 March 2016}}
"Cheap Thrills"Sia2016251
"New Rules"Dua Lipa2017148
"Feel It Still"Portugal. The Man2017331url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/51991/portugal-the-man/title=Portugal The Manpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=16 July 2018}}
"Three Lions"David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and Lightning Seeds1996115url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27981/lightning-seeds/title=Lightning Seedspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=29 October 2015}}
"Rockstar"Nickelback2007250url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10510/nickelback/title=Nickelbackpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=22 November 2015}}
"A Thousand Years"Christina Perri20111117url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6966/christina-perri/title=Christina Perripublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=4 October 2015}}
"Ho Hey"Lumineers2012848url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7698/lumineers/title=Lumineerspublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 November 2015}}
"Feel the Love"Rudimental featuring John Newman2012126url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30063/john-newman/title=John Newmanpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=30 October 2015}}

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Songs with 100 or more weeks in the Top 100

The Top 100 is published each week by the Official Charts Company. 37 songs have reached 100 or more weeks in the Top 100. The longest continuous run in the Top 100 is 105 weeks for "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd. Ed Sheeran is the only artist to have three songs reaching 100 weeks on the top 100. The Weeknd, Fleetwood Mac, Kings of Leon and Oasis appear twice on the list.

On 4 February 2022, "Mr Brightside" became the first song to hit 300 weeks in the top 100. It has subsequently passed 400 weeks, spending all but the Christmas period in the Top 100 every year since 2021.

SongArtistYear first
entered chartChart
peakTotal weeks
in top 100Consecutive
weeksReference
"Mr. Brightside"200410*48
"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi20181100
"Perfect"2017167
"Iris"Goo Goo Dolls19983*25
"Chasing Cars"Snow Patrol2006688
"Viva la Vida"Coldplay20081*50
"Riptide"Vance Joy201310*49
"Blinding Lights"The Weeknd20191105
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah Carey199418
"Heat Waves"Glass Animals20205100
"Shotgun"George Ezra2018187url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30845/george-ezra/title=George Ezrapublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=5 February 2025}}
"My Way"Frank Sinatra1969513325
"Fairytale of New York"featuring Kirsty MacColl198729
"Sex on Fire"Kings of Leon2008189
"Last ChristmasWham!1984113
"Another Love"Tom Odell20121022
"Merry Xmas Everybody"Slade197319
"Dreams"Fleetwood Mac197724*15url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28702/fleetwood-mac/title=Fleetwood Macpublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 February 2025}}
"Don't Stop Believin'"Journey1981188url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19474/journey/title=Journeypublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=7 October 2024}}
"Thinking Out Loud"2014111995
"Take Me to Church"Hozier2014285
"Shallow"Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper2018111660
"Dance Monkey"Tones and I2019171
"Everywhere"Fleetwood Mac19874*38
"Chandelier"Sia2014672
"Bad Habits"Ed Sheeran2021111449
"Whatever"Oasis1994332url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3993/oasis/title=Oasispublisher=Official Charts Companyaccess-date=17 August 2015}}
"Pompeii"Bastille2013292
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"Band Aid1984113
"Save Your Tears"The Weeknd2021249
"I Gotta Feeling"2009175
"Radioactive"Imagine Dragons20121251
"Merry Christmas Everyone"Shakin' Stevens198518
"Use Somebody"Kings of Leon2008264
"Wonderwall"Oasis1995230
"Rule the World"Take That2007277
"As It Was"Harry Styles2022188

multiple versions combined

Notable singles

"Blue Monday"

New Order's "Blue Monday" includes the remixed version of the original, which was finally made available as a single for the first time in 1988 with almost the same catalogue number; sales for this shorter version and the original were combined, when calculating its chart position. The second remix, from 1995, charted for four weeks but is excluded from this list.

"Merry Xmas Everybody"

In addition to Slade's total of 114 weeks in the Top 100 for "Merry Xmas Everybody", they also had two remixes of the song, not counted because they were re-recorded with other artists. The first, from 1980, was credited to Slade and the Reading Choir; the second, from 1998, was credited to Slade vs. Flush, which peaked at No. 30 and accumulated four weeks in the top 100.

"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"

The original version credited to Wizzard 'featuring vocal backing by The Suedettes plus The Stockland Green Bilateral School First Year Choir with additional noises by Miss Snob and Class 3C' spent nine weeks in the charts in 1973–74. When the record was going to be re-released in the 1980s, it was found that the master tapes had been lost and so Roy Wood re-recorded a solo sound-a-like version with children from Kempsey Primary School in 1981 and this was released on Harvest Records, credited to Wizzard with the same catalogue number.

This 1981 version was also re-issued in 1984 when it reached number 23 in the charts. However, the week before Wizzard charted at number 50 on the Top 75 of 09 – 15 December 1984, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" appeared as a new entry at number 86 credited to Roy Wood and Wizzard. It was this record which re-charted with another week in 1985 and in 1986, giving "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" 11 weeks on the chart overall during the 1980s. In the digital age of streaming and downloads (from 2007 to 2021), the 1981 version has spent 64 weeks in the charts credited simply to Wizzard with the label rights being credited to EMI, making a total of 85 weeks in the Top 100 for the record overall.

In 1995, Wood recorded a live version and released it as a single on his own independent record label Woody Recordings. Credited to Roy Wood Big Band, this live track charted at Number 59 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the Top 100 for 2 weeks. Then in 2000, Wood re-recorded the song as part of a medley with The Wombles's song "Wombling Merry Christmas". This medley was released as "I Wish It Could Be a Wombling Christmas Everyday" and reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart.

"White Lines"

Grandmaster Melle Mel's "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" was remixed in 1994 and charted for an additional three weeks, making 46 in total in the top 75 (61 in the top 100 including one in 2004). It was also re-recorded in 1995 by Duran Duran featuring Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and charted for another five weeks (not counted towards its total).

"Three Lions"

"Three Lions", recorded by Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds, is not eligible for the above list for either version but has clocked up an impressive 57 weeks on the UK Singles Chart Top 75 under the guise of "Three Lions" and "3 Lions '98" and 67 weeks in the Top 100. It was originally released in 1996 as "Three Lions", then subsequently re-recorded with different lyrics in 1998 as "3 Lions '98", a version which was re-issued in 2002. Then in 2006, both recordings were re-issued on a Sony DualDisc as "Three Lions/Three Lions '98", with "Three Lions" charting again in 2010 due to downloads. In 2018, "Three Lions" reached No. 1 in the UK Chart for one week, due to England's success at the World Cup, with the 1998 version being combined under the original's sales total, and re-charted in 2021 due to the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship taking place. Skinner, Baddiel and Broudie were also part of a version released in 2010 by The Squad, aptly called "Three Lions 2010"; this version tallied up a further six weeks in addition to the 67 weeks, but is seen as a separate recording act by the Official Charts Company.

Notes

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