List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK Singles Chart
The following is a list of songs that have charted for 50 weeks or more in total on the UK Singles Chart, according to the Official Charts Company. 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. To be eligible the song has to be the original version whether it be by re-entry or re-issue. Remixes do not count except under certain circumstances.
With a total of 236 weeks, the song with the most weeks in the Top 100 is "Mr Brightside" by the Killers. When only a Top 50 was compiled, Frank Sinatra's "My Way" set records which still stand: 122 weeks in the Top 50 between April 1969 and January 1972, 75 weeks in the Top 40, and 124 weeks in the Top 75, including a re-release in 1994, following a Legend Award for Sinatra at that year's Grammy Awards.
The longest unbroken run in the Top 100 is 95 weeks for "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran, Sheeran's "Shape of You" amassed 94 consecutive weeks meaning Sheeran has the top two songs with the longest continuous chart runs. 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. The song with the most weeks at No. 1 and in the Top 10 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-noughties onwards. "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade has had 24 chart runs in 27 different years, while "Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl has reached the Top 10 seven times and spent a record 56 weeks in its sixteen runs in the Top 20. In a similar but more modest way, since 2007, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson and "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr. have charted at Halloween in twelve and ten years, respectively.
The numbers shown are up to the chart for week ending 30 July 2020.
Songs with 20 or more weeks in the Top 10
24 songs have spent 20 or more weeks in the Top 10 of the UK Charts. "I Believe" by Frankie Laine holds the record for the most weeks and the most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 with 35 weeks.| Song | Artist | Year first entered chart | Chart peak | Total weeks in top 10 | Consecutive weeks | Reference |
| "I Believe" | Frankie Laine | 1953 | 1 | 35 | 35 | |
| "Someone You Loved" | Lewis Capaldi | 2018 | 1 | 31 | 20 | |
| "Secret Love" | Doris Day | 1954 | 1 | 27 | 27 | |
| "Don't Start Now" | Dua Lipa | 2019 | 2 | 25 | 18 | |
| "Because You're Mine" | Mario Lanza | 1952 | 3 | 24 | 24 | |
| "The Happy Wanderer" | Obernkirchen Children's Choir | 1954 | 2 | 24 | 22 | |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | 1994 | 2 | 24 | 5 | |
| "Terry's Theme from Limelight" | Frank Chacksfield | 1953 | 2 | 23 | 23 | |
| "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | 2016 | 1 | 23 | 23 | |
| "What Do You Mean?" | Justin Bieber | 2015 | 1 | 22 | 22 | |
| "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 2017 | 1 | 22 | 22 | |
| "The Song from Moulin Rouge" | Mantovani | 1953 | 1 | 22 | 21 | |
| "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | 2019 | 1 | 22 | 21 | |
| "Relax" | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 1983 | 1 | 22 | 10 | |
| "She Loves You" | The Beatles | 1963 | 1 | 21 | 21 | |
| " I Do It for You" | Bryan Adams | 1991 | 1 | 21 | 21 | |
| "Last Christmas" | Wham! | 1984 | 2 | 21 | 7 | |
| "Oh Mein Papa" | Eddie Calvert | 1953 | 1 | 20 | 20 | |
| "Little Things Mean a Lot" | Kitty Kallen | 1954 | 1 | 20 | 20 | |
| "Love Is All Around" | Wet Wet Wet | 1994 | 1 | 20 | 20 | |
| "Happy" | Pharrell Williams | 2013 | 1 | 20 | 20 | |
| "Thinking Out Loud" | Ed Sheeran | 2014 | 1 | 20 | 20 | |
| "Cara Mia" | David Whitfield with Mantovani and His Orchestra | 1954 | 1 | 20 | 19 | |
| "Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley and His Comets | 1955 | 1 | 20 | 15 |
Songs with 50 or more weeks in the Top 40
The Top 40 chart has been broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 1 since the 1980s and is often referred to as 'the charts'. Appearing in the Top 40 can greatly increase a song's exposure on television and radio. In June 2015, "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran became the first single to stay in the Top 40 for 52 consecutive weeks - equivalent to one year, having spent a record-breaking 18 weeks in the chart before reaching No. 1.| Song | Artist | Year first entered chart | Chart peak | Total weeks in top 40 | Consecutive weeks | Reference |
| "My Way" | 1969 | 5 | 75 | 16 | ||
| "Someone You Loved" | Lewis Capaldi | 2018 | 1 | 69 | 49 | |
| "Fairytale of New York" | featuring Kirsty MacColl | 1987 | 2 | 68 | 8 | |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | 1994 | 2 | 66 | 6 | |
| "Last Christmas" | Wham! | 1984 | 2 | 57 | 11 | |
| "Thinking Out Loud" | Ed Sheeran | 2014 | 1 | 56* | 54 | |
| "All of Me" | John Legend | 2014 | 2 | 54 | 44 | |
| "Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley and His Comets | 1955 | 1 | 54 | 17 | |
| "Stranger on the Shore" | 1961 | 2 | 52 | 45 | ||
| "Happy" | Pharrell Williams | 2013 | 1 | 50 | 49 |
some or all weeks in charts when less than a Top 40 is compiled.
includes 5-day 'week' ending 9 July 2015, when the chart week changed from Sunday-Saturday to Friday-Thursday.
Songs with 50 or more weeks in the Top 75
The Top 75 is published each week by Music Week magazine. The longest continuous run in the Top 75 is 81 weeks for "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi. 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.| Song | Artist | Year first entered chart | Chart peak | Total weeks in top 75 | Consecutive weeks | Reference |
| "My Way" | Frank Sinatra | 1969 | 5 | 124 | 42 | |
| "Perfect" | 2017 | 1 | 115 | 62 | ||
| "Chasing Cars" | Snow Patrol | 2006 | 6 | 111 | 48 | |
| "Thinking Out Loud" | Ed Sheeran | 2014 | 1 | 91* | 73 | |
| "Shotgun" | George Ezra | 2018 | 1 | 90 | 80 | |
| "Sex on Fire" | Kings of Leon | 2008 | 1 | 90 | 42 | |
| "Fairytale of New York" | featuring Kirsty MacColl | 1987 | 2 | 88 | 9 | |
| "Merry Xmas Everybody" | Slade | 1973 | 1 | 84 | 9 | |
| "Last Christmas" | Wham! | 1984 | 2 | 83 | 13 | |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | 1994 | 2 | 83 | 7 | |
| "Someone You Loved" | Lewis Capaldi | 2018 | 1 | 81 | 81 | |
| "Rather Be" | Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne | 2014 | 1 | 78* | 73 | |
| "I Gotta Feeling" | 2009 | 1 | 78 | 63 | ||
| "Use Somebody" | Kings of Leon | 2008 | 2 | 77 | 40 | |
| "Shape of You" | 2017 | 1 | 75 | 70 | ||
| "All of Me" | John Legend | 2014 | 2 | 75* | 68 | |
| "Rule the World" | Take That | 2007 | 2 | 75 | 30 | |
| "Happy" | Pharrell Williams | 2013 | 1 | 74* | 70 | |
| "Chandelier" | Sia | 2014 | 6 | 74* | 53 | |
| "Pompeii" | Bastille | 2013 | 2 | 73 | 30 | |
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Band Aid | 1984 | 1 | 70 | 13 | |
| "Amazing Grace" | 1970 | 5 | 67 | 32 | ||
| "Take Me to Church" | Hozier | 2014 | 2 | 66* | 63 | |
| "Someone like You" | Adele | 2011 | 1 | 66 | 61 | |
| "Don't Stop Believin'" | Journey | 1982 | 6 | 66 | 48 | |
| "Poker Face" | Lady Gaga | 2009 | 1 | 66 | 46 | |
| "This Is Me" | Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman Ensemble | 2018 | 3 | 65 | 65 | |
| "I'm Yours" | Jason Mraz | 2008 | 11 | 65 | 47 | |
| "Photograph" | Ed Sheeran | 2014 | 15 | 65* | 45 | |
| "Counting Stars" | OneRepublic | 2013 | 1 | 64 | 59 | |
| "Let It Go" | Idina Menzel | 2013 | 11 | 63 | 63 | |
| "Wake Me Up" | Avicii | 2013 | 1 | 61 | 57 | |
| "Budapest" | George Ezra | 2014 | 3 | 61* | 52 | |
| "Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | 2014 | 1 | 61 | 49 | |
| "Bad Guy" | Billie Eilish | 2019 | 2 | 61 | 37 | |
| "Titanium" | David Guetta featuring Sia | 2011 | 1 | 61 | 32 | |
| "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" | Wizzard | 1973 | 4 | 61 | 9 | |
| "Radioactive" | Imagine Dragons | 2012 | 12 | 60 | 44 | |
| "Riptide" | Vance Joy | 2014 | 10 | 60* | 21 | |
| "Merry Christmas Everyone" | Shakin' Stevens | 1985 | 1 | 60 | 8 | |
| "Lean On" | Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ | 2015 | 2 | 59* | 57 | |
| "Relax" | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 1983 | 1 | 59 | 48 | |
| "Rehab" | Amy Winehouse | 2006 | 7 | 59 | 34 | |
| "Party Rock Anthem" | LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | 2011 | 1 | 59 | 34 | |
| "Stay with Me" | Sam Smith | 2014 | 1 | 58 | 58 | |
| "Shallow" | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper | 2018 | 1 | 58 | 39 | |
| "Release Me" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 1967 | 1 | 57 | 56 | |
| "Pass Out" | Tinie Tempah | 2010 | 1 | 57 | 39 | |
| "Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley and His Comets | 1955 | 1 | 57 | 17 | |
| "Sorry" | Justin Bieber | 2015 | 1 | 56 | 55 | |
| "Hold Back the River" | James Bay | 2014 | 2 | 56* | 45 | |
| "Rolling in the Deep" | Adele | 2011 | 2 | 56 | 43 | |
| "I See Fire" | Ed Sheeran | 2013 | 13 | 56 | 25 | |
| "Stranger on the Shore" | 1961 | 2 | 55 | 55 | ||
| "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Justin Timberlake | 2016 | 2 | 55 | 45 | |
| "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | 2008 | 2 | 55 | 38 | |
| "Make You Feel My Love" | Adele | 2008 | 4 | 55 | 34 | |
| "Let Her Go" | Passenger | 2013 | 2 | 54 | 51 | |
| "Price Tag" | Jessie J featuring B.o.B. | 2011 | 1 | 54 | 36 | |
| "Stitches" | Shawn Mendes | 2015 | 1 | 53 | 51 | |
| "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Gotye featuring Kimbra | 2012 | 1 | 53 | 45 | |
| "How to Save a Life" | 2007 | 4 | 53 | 39 | ||
| "Insomnia" | Faithless | 1995 | 3 | 53 | 19 | |
| "Moves Like Jagger" | Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera | 2011 | 2 | 52 | 52 | |
| "Gold Digger" | Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx | 2005 | 2 | 52 | 37 | |
| "Leave a Light On" | Tom Walker | 2018 | 7 | 52 | 18 | |
| "Cheap Thrills" | Sia | 2016 | 2 | 51 | 51 | |
| "Where Are Ü Now" | Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber | 2015 | 1 | 51* | 51 | |
| "Gangnam Style" | Psy | 2012 | 1 | 51 | 49 | |
| "New Rules" | Dua Lipa | 2017 | 1 | 51 | 48 | |
| "Umbrella" | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | 2007 | 1 | 51 | 47 | |
| "Viva la Vida" | Coldplay | 2008 | 1 | 51 | 41 | |
| "Paradise" | Coldplay | 2011 | 1 | 51 | 40 | |
| "Feel It Still" | Portugal. The Man | 2017 | 3 | 51 | 31 | |
| "Whatever" | Oasis | 1994 | 3 | 51 | 15 | |
| "Dance Monkey" | Tones and I | 2019 | 1 | 50 | 50 | |
| "Rockstar" | Nickelback | 2007 | 2 | 50 | 50 | |
| "Ho Hey" | Lumineers | 2012 | 8 | 50 | 48 | |
| "Sunflower" | Post Malone featuring Swae Lee | 2018 | 3 | 50 | 36 | |
| "What Makes You Beautiful" | One Direction | 2011 | 1 | 50 | 35 | |
| "Feel the Love" | Rudimental featuring John Newman | 2012 | 1 | 50 | 26 | |
| "Blue Monday" | New Order | 1983 | 3 | 50 | 17 | |
| "A Thousand Years" | Christina Perri | 2011 | 11 | 50 | 17 |
some or all weeks in charts when only the Top 50 is compiled.
some weeks in charts when only Top 30 or less is compiled.
includes five-day 'week' ending 9 July 2015 when the chart week changed from Sunday-Saturday to Friday-Thursday.
Songs with 70 or more weeks in the Top 100
The Top 100 is published each week by the Official Charts Company. The longest continuous run in the Top 100 is 95 weeks for "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran. "Shape of You", also by Sheeran has the second longest continuous run of 94 weeks. Sheeran also has the most songs with over 50 weeks in the Top 100 with eight, followed by Oasis with seven, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber with five, then Adele, and Rihanna with four each.| Song | Artist | Year first entered chart | Chart peak | Total weeks in top 100 | Consecutive weeks | Reference |
| "Mr. Brightside" | 2004 | 10 | 236 | 35 | ||
| "Chasing Cars" | Snow Patrol | 2006 | 6 | 166 | 88 | |
| "Perfect" | 2017 | 1 | 136 | 67 | ||
| "My Way" | Frank Sinatra | 1969 | 5 | 133 | 25 | |
| "Sex on Fire" | Kings of Leon | 2008 | 1 | 124 | 89 | |
| "Thinking Out Loud" | 2014 | 1 | 118* | 95 | ||
| "Shotgun" | George Ezra | 2018 | 1 | 115 | 87 | |
| "Chandelier" | Sia | 2014 | 6 | 114* | 72 | |
| "Whatever" | Oasis | 1994 | 3 | 112 | 32 | |
| "I Gotta Feeling" | 2009 | 1 | 109 | 75 | ||
| "Radioactive" | Imagine Dragons | 2012 | 12 | 107 | 51 | |
| "Use Somebody" | Kings of Leon | 2008 | 2 | 103 | 64 | |
| "Pompeii" | Bastille | 2013 | 2 | 103 | 92 | |
| "Rule the World" | Take That | 2007 | 2 | 102 | 77 | |
| "Fairytale of New York" | featuring Kirsty MacColl | 1987 | 2 | 99 | 9 | |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | 1994 | 2 | 99 | 8 | |
| "Merry Xmas Everybody" | Slade | 1973 | 1 | 98 | 9 | |
| "Shape of You" | 2017 | 1 | 97 | 94 | ||
| "Don't Stop Believin' | Journey | 1982 | 6 | 95 | 66 | |
| "I'm Yours" | Jason Mraz | 2008 | 11 | 95 | 54 | |
| "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | 1998 | 3 | 92 | 25 | |
| "Happy" | 2013 | 1 | 92* | 92 | ||
| "All of Me" | John Legend | 2014 | 2 | 92* | 86 | |
| "Photograph" | Ed Sheeran | 2014 | 15 | 92* | 50 | |
| "Rather Be" | Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne | 2014 | 1 | 90* | 89 | |
| "A Thousand Years" | 2011 | 11 | 89 | 37 | ||
| "Last Christmas" | Wham! | 1984 | 2 | 89 | 13 | |
| "Titanium" | featuring Sia | 2011 | 1 | 87 | 47 | |
| "Riptide" | 2013 | 10 | 87* | 49 | ||
| "Take Me to Church" | Hozier | 2014 | 2 | 86* | 85 | |
| "Blue Monday" | New Order | 1983 | 3 | 85 | 38 | |
| "Poker Face" | Lady Gaga | 2009 | 1 | 84 | 83 | |
| "Let Her Go" | Passenger | 2013 | 2 | 84 | 58 | |
| "Wonderwall" | Oasis | 1995 | 2 | 84 | 30 | |
| "Someone You Loved" | Lewis Capaldi | 2018 | 1 | 82 | 81 | |
| "Some Might Say" | Oasis | 1995 | 1 | 81 | 24 | |
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Band Aid | 1984 | 1 | 80 | 13 | |
| "Cigarettes & Alcohol" | Oasis | 1994 | 7 | 79 | 37 | |
| "Lean On" | Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ | 2015 | 2 | 79* | 79 | |
| "Let It Go" | James Bay | 2014 | 1 | 79* | 39 | |
| "Someone like You" | Adele | 2011 | 1 | 78 | 70 | |
| "What Makes You Beautiful" | One Direction | 2011 | 1 | 78 | 47 | |
| "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | 2008 | 2 | 77 | 42 | |
| "Single Ladies " | Beyoncé | 2008 | 7 | 77 | 32 | |
| "Counting Stars" | OneRepublic | 2013 | 1 | 77 | 68 | |
| "Rehab" | 2006 | 7 | 76 | 59 | ||
| "Budapest" | George Ezra | 2014 | 3 | 76* | 71 | |
| "Shallow" | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | 2018 | 1 | 76 | 60 | |
| "This Is Me" | Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman Ensemble | 2018 | 3 | 75 | 72 | |
| "Gold Digger" | featuring Jamie Foxx | 2005 | 2 | 75* | 52 | |
| "Despacito " | Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 2017 | 1 | 74 | 73 | |
| "Hold Back the River" | James Bay | 2014 | 2 | 74* | 56 | |
| "Make You Feel My Love" | Adele | 2008 | 4 | 73 | 42 | |
| "Stay with Me" | Sam Smith | 2014 | 1 | 73* | 59 | |
| "Uptown Funk" | featuring Bruno Mars | 2014 | 1 | 72* | 72 | |
| "Wake Me Up" | Avicii | 2013 | 1 | 72 | 62 | |
| "Numb/Encore" | Jay-Z and Linkin Park | 2004 | 14 | 71 | 26 | |
| "Umbrella" | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | 2007 | 1 | 71 | 68 | |
| "Party Rock Anthem" | LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock | 2011 | 1 | 71 | 71 | |
| "Price Tag" | featuring B.o.B. | 2011 | 1 | 71 | 58 | |
| "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Justin Timberlake | 2016 | 2 | 71 | 70 | |
| "Merry Christmas Everyone" | Shakin' Stevens | 1985 | 1 | 71 | 8 | |
| "Relax" | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 1983 | 1 | 70 | 50 | |
| "Let It Go" | Idina Menzel | 2013 | 11 | 70 | 67 | |
| "Waves" | Mr Probz | 2014 | 1 | 70* | 69 | |
| "Shut Up and Dance" | Walk the Moon | 2015 | 4 | 70* | 50 |
Songs with 50 to 69 weeks in the Top 100
Some or all weeks in charts when only top 50 compiled.Some weeks in charts when only top 30 or less compiled.
Includes five-day 'week' ending Thursday 9 July 2015 when the chart week changed from Sunday-Saturday to Friday-Thursday.