This list ranks the biggest songs in the history of the UK singles charts from 1947 to present based on most weeks at #1. All songs with six or more weeks atop the chart have been included on this list. Ties are broken by the songs’ rankings in the overall Dave’s Music Database.
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26 weeks:
- Bing Crosby “Galway Bay” (1949)
21 weeks:
- The Ink Spots “Bless You for Being an Angel” (1947)
18 weeks:
- Frankie Laine “I Believe” (1953)
16 weeks:
- Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You“ (1991)
15 weeks:
- Drake with Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
- Wet Wet Wet “Love Is All Around” (1994)
14 weeks:
- Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
- Ed Sheeran “Shape of You”
12 weeks:
- Nat “King” Cole “Too Young” (1951)
- Jimmy Young “Too Young” (1951)
11 weeks:
- Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito”
- Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
- Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits” (2021)
- Billy Eckstine “My Foolish Heart” (1950)
- Slim Whitman “Rose Marie” (1955)
- Teresa Brewer “Longing for You” (1951)
10 weeks:
- Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
- Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
- Vera Lynn “Auf Wiedersheh’n Sweetheart” (1952)
- Les Paul & Mary Ford “Mockin’ Bird Hill” (1951)
- Nat “King” Cole “Unforgettable” (1951)
- David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra “Cara Mia” (1954)
9 weeks:
- Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
- Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950)
- Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never” (1960)
- Olivia Newton-John with John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (1978)
- Drake “God’s Plan” (2018)
- Paul Anka “Diana” (1957)
- Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License”
- Paul McCartney & Wings “Mull of Kintyre” / “Girls’ School” (1977)
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Two Tribes” (1984)
- Al Martino “Here in My Heart” (1952)
- Clean Bandit with Sean Paul & Anne-Marie “Rockabye” (2016)
- Anita O’Day “Tennessee Waltz” (1951)
- Eddie Calvert “O Mein Papa (Oh My Papa)” (1953)
- Vera Lynn “The Homing Waltz” (1952)
- Alma Cogan “The Homing Waltz” (1952)
8 weeks:
- The Archies “Sugar, Sugar” (1969)
- The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)
- Ed Sheeran with Justin Bieber “I Don’t Care” (2019)
- Adele “Easy on Me” (2021)
- Calvin Harris with Dua Lipa “One Kiss” (2018)
- Doris Day “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” (1950)
- Shakespear’s Sister “Stay” (1992)
- Mel Tormé “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” (1950)
- Perry Como “Magic Moments” (1958)
- Frankie Laine “Answer Me, Lord Above” (1953)
- The Shadows “Wonderful Land” (1962)
7 weeks:
- Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
- Elvis Presley “ All Shook Up” (1957)
- The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
- Spice Girls “Wannabe” (1996)
- Cher “Believe” (1998)
- Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (2007)
- Meat Loaf “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” (1993)
- The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” / “Claudette” (1960)
- Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (1950)
- Mungo Jerry “In the Summertime” (1970)
- Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” (2018)
- The Beatles “Hello Goodbye” (1967)
- Frank Ifield “I Remember You” (1962)
- Oliva Newton-John with John Travolta “Summer Nights” (1978)
- Johnnie Ray “Just Walkin’ in the Rain” (1956)
- Tom Jones “Green, Green Grass of Home” (1966)
- Harry Belafonte “Mary’s Boy Child” (1956)
- Tab Hunter “Young Love” (1956)
- The Beatles “From Me to You” (1963)
- Celine Dion “Think Twice” (1994)
- Tony Christie with Peter Kay “Is This the Way to Amarillo?” (2005)
- Robson & Jerome “Unchained Melody/The White Cliffs of Dover” (1995)
- Encanto Cast “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (2021)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford “Give Me Your Word” (1955)
- Eve Young “Silver Dollar (Roll Roll Roll)” (1950)
6 weeks:
- Abba “Dancing Queen (1976)
- Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
- Gene Autry “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949)
- The Beatles “She Loves You (1963)
- George Harrison “My Sweet Lord (1970)
- Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
- Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
- Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)
- The Beatles with Billy Preston “Get Back” (1969)
- Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You (1984)
- Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)
- Elton John with Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976)
- Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” (2018)
- Culture Club “Karma Chameleon” (1983)
- Doris Day “Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Que Sera)” (1956)
- Shawn Mendes with Camila Cabello “Señorita” (2019)
- Lionel Richie “Hello” (1983)
- Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake “Where Is the Love?” (2003)
- Connie Francis “Who’s Sorry Now?” (1958)
- Engelbert Humperdinck “Release Me” (1967)
- Mary Hopkin “Those Were the Days” (1968)
- Teresa Brewer with Dixieland All Stars “Music! Music! Music!” (1950)
- DaBaby with Roddy Ricch “Rockstar” (2020)
- Snap! “Rhythm Is a Dancer” (1992)
- Ariana Grande “Positions” (2020)
- Freda Payne “Band of Gold” (1970)
- Brotherhood of Man “Save Your Kisses for Me” (1976)
- Elvis Presley “The Wonder of You” (1970)
- Michael Jackson “Earth Song” (1995)
- Bing Crosby “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1950)
- Cliff Richard & the Drifters “Living Doll” (1959)
- Elvis Presley “Wooden Heart” (1961)
- Art Garfunkel “Bright Eyes” (1979)
- T-Rex “Hot Love” (1971)
- Dave Edmunds “I Hear You Knocking” (1970)
- Black Box “Ride on Time” (1989)
- Cliff Richard & the Shadows “The Young Ones” (1962)
- Emile Ford & the Checkmates “What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?” (1969)
- Rolf Harris “Two Little Boys” (1969)
- Bay City Rollers “Bye Bye Baby” (1975)
- Connie Francis “Stupid Cupid” / “Carolina Moon” (1958)
- Run-D.M.C. with Jason Nevins “It’s Like That” (1998)
- Jo Stafford “No Other Love” (1950)
- Joel Corry with MNEK “Head & Heart” (2020)
- East 17 “Stay Another Day” (1994)
- Ronnie Hilton “No Other Love” (1956)
- Calvin Harris with Sam Smith “Promises” (2018)
- Guy Mitchell “Look at That Girl” (1953)
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First posted 4/18/2015; last updated 4/2/2022. |
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