Most weeks on UK Singles Chart

Top 40 most weeks on UK Top 100 singles chart (without re-releases or re-mixes [2 or more entries of the same song with a different label and/or a different catalogue number] merged for entries)


 * 1) Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (160 weeks) (2006) (Pk : 6)
 * 2) Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (124 weeks) (2008) (Pk : 1)
 * 3) Frank Sinatra - My Way (124 weeks) (1969) (Pk : 5)
 * 4) Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (109 weeks) (2009) (Pk : 1)
 * 5) Take That - Rule The World (102 weeks) (2007) (Pk : 2)
 * 6) The Killers - Mr. Brightside (102 weeks) (2004) (Pk : 10)
 * 7) Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody (100 weeks) (2008) (Pk : 2)
 * 8) Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (93 weeks) (1982) (Pk : 6)
 * 9) Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (93 weeks) (2008) (Pk : 11)
 * 10) Oasis - Whatever (92 weeks) (1994) (Pk : 3)
 * 11) Goo Goo Dolls - Stay With You/Iris (83 weeks) (2006 [1998 for Iris]) (Pk : 3)
 * 12) Flo Rida feat. T-Pain - Low (77 weeks) (2008) (Pk : 2)
 * 13) Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (77 weeks) (2008) (Pk : 7)
 * 14) One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (76 weeks) (2011) (Pk: 1)
 * 15) Amy Winehouse - Rehab (76 weeks) (2006) (Pk : 7)
 * 16) Adele - Someone Like You (75 weeks) (2011) (Pk: 1)
 * 17) David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium (75 weeks) (2011) (Pk: 1)
 * 18) Adele - Make You Feel My Love (72 weeks) (2008) (Pk: 4)
 * 19) Rihanna feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella (71 weeks) (2007) (Pk : 1)
 * 20) LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett - Party Rock Anthem (71 weeks) (2011) (Pk : 1)
 * 21) Jessie J feat. B.o.B - Price Tag (70 weeks) (2011) (Pk : 1)
 * 22) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (69 weeks) (1973) (Pk: 1)
 * 23) New Order - Blue Monday (69 weeks) (1983) (Pk : 9)
 * 24) The Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York (67 weeks) (1987) (Pk : 2)
 * 25) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (67 weeks) (1970) (Pk : 5)
 * 26) Tinie Tempah - Pass Out (65 weeks) (2010) (Pk : 1)
 * 27) Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger (65 weeks) (2005) (Pk : 2)
 * 28) Adele - Rolling In The Deep (65 weeks) (2011) (Pk: 2)
 * 29) Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger (64 weeks) (2011) (Pk: 2)
 * 30) Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol (64 weeks) (1994) (Pk : 7)
 * 31) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (63 weeks) (1983) (Pk : 1)
 * 32) Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (63 weeks) (2012) (Pk: 1)
 * 33) The Fray - How To Save A Life (63 weeks) (2007) (Pk : 4)
 * 34) Elbow - One Day Like This (63 weeks) (2008) (Pk : 4)
 * 35) Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love (62 weeks) (2011) (Pk: 1)
 * 36) The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved (62 weeks) (2008) (Pk: 2)
 * 37) LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It (61 weeks) (2011) (Pk: 5)
 * 38) The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (60 weeks) (2009) (Pk : 6)
 * 39) Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie (59 weeks) (2010) (Pk: 2)
 * 40) Oasis - Some Might Say (57 weeks) (1995) (Pk : 1)

without reaching Top 10 [List, minimum of 20 weeks]

 * Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (Pk: 11) [93 weeks]
 * Train - Hey Soul Sister (Pk: 18) [48 weeks]
 * Birdy - Skinny Love (Pk: 17) [47 weeks]
 * Lady Antebellium - Need You Now (Pk: 15) [46 weeks]
 * Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (Pk: 13) [44 weeks]
 * MGMT - Kids (Pk : 16) [43 weeks]
 * Oasis - Shakermaker (Pk : 11) [43 weeks]
 * Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out (Pk : 12) [36 weeks]
 * Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Latch (Pk: 11) [37 weeks]
 * Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait (Pk: 12) [33 weeks]
 * Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own (Pk : 16) [29 weeks]
 * Otto Knows - Million Voices (Pk: 14) [29 weeks]
 * Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (Pk: 12) [29 weeks]
 * Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks (Pk: 12) [26 weeks]
 * Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good (Pk : 18) [25 weeks]
 * Emeli Sandé - My Kind Of Love (Pk: 17) [21 weeks]
 * Rudimental feat. John Newman and Alex Clare - Not Giving In (Pk: 14) [21 weeks]
 * Flo Rida feat. Timbland - Elevator (Pk : 20) [20 weeks]

without reaching Top 20 [List, minimum of 15 weeks]
("One Day Like This" by Elbow spent its first 53 weeks in the Top 100 without reaching the Top 20 [it peaked at 35 during that time]. It didn't reach the Top 20 until it re-entered at 4 on week ending 25/08/2012 after being used in the London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony.)
 * Skrilex feat. Sirah - Bangarang (Pk : 24) [50 weeks]
 * Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (Pk : 23) [46 weeks]
 * The Script - Breakeven (Pk : 21) [44 weeks]
 * Oasis - Supersonic (Pk : 31) [36 weeks]
 * MGMT - Time To Pretend (Pk : 35) [31 weeks]
 * Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (Pk : 33) [29 weeks]
 * MGMT - Electric Feel (Pk : 22) [25 weeks]
 * Amy Winehouse - Valerie [Solo Live Lounge version] (Pk : 37) [23 weeks]
 * Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt (Pk : 26) [16 weeks]

without reaching Top 40 [List, minimum of 10 weeks]

 * 45 King - The King Is Here/The 400 Number (Pk : 60) [32 weeks]
 * Israel Kamakawi'wole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Pk : 44) [22 weeks]
 * Vampire Weekend - A-Punk (Pk : 55) [21 weeks]
 * Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem - Forever (Pk : 42) [15 weeks]
 * Newton Faulkner - Teardrop (Pk : 57) [15 weeks]
 * Olly Murs - Busy (Pk: 45) [11 weeks]
 * Snow Patrol - Crack The Shutters (Pk : 43) [10 weeks]
 * Drake - Headlines (Pk : 57) [10 weeks]

without reaching Top 75 [List, minimum of 5 weeks]

 * Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes (Pk : 82) [11 weeks]
 * Drake feat. Lil Wayne - The Motto (Pk : 80) [9 weeks]
 * The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (Pk : 80) [8 weeks]
 * Styx - Mr. Roboto (Pk : 90) [6 weeks]
 * Nightmare On Wax - Dextrous (Pk : 91) [6 weeks]
 * Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby (Pk : 76) [5 weeks]
 * Micheal Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Pk : 77) [5 weeks]

which stayed in the top 40 less than 5 weeks [List, minimun of 15 weeks]

 * The Killers - Mr. Brightside (3 weeks) [101 weeks]
 * Gabrielle Aplin - Please Don't Say You Love Me (5 weeks) [15 weeks]