Billboard Hot 100: Longest Running Hits

Billboard Hot 100: Longest Running Hits

These are the longest-running chart entries in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. Check out other “Billboard: Best of” lists here. Spotify Podcast: Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode Billboard Hot 100 Longest Chart Runs based on this list. It debuted October 19, 2022 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST. 91 weeks: Glass Animals “Heat Waves” (2020). Also holds the record for longest chart run before hitting #1 (59 weeks). * 90 weeks: The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019) 87 weeks: Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” (2012) 79 weeks: AWOL Nation “Sail” (2011) 77 weeks: Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating” (2020) 76 weeks: Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” (2008) 69 weeks: LeAnn Rimes “How Do I Live” (1997) 69 weeks: The Weeknd with Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears” (2020) 68 weeks: One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013) 68 weeks: LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (2011) 65 weeks: Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010) 65 weeks: Jewel “You Were Meant for Me”/ “Foolish Games” (1997) 64 weeks: Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats” 63 weeks: Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay” (2020). 1st song in history to spend 40 consecutive weeks in the top 10. 62 weeks: Gabby Barrett with Charlie Puth “I Hope” (2019) 62 weeks: The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012) 62 weeks: Lifehouse “You and Me” (2005) 61 weeks: Post Malone “Circles” (2019) 61 weeks: Imagine Dragons “Demons” (2013) 60 weeks: Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” (2009) 60 weeks: Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995) * Still on chart as of this post. Resources/Related Links: Billboard Magazine: “Best-of Lists” Billboard Magazine (10/17/2022). “Glass Animals’ ‘Heat Waves’ by the Numbers: All the Stats Behind Its Record-Breaking Hot 100 Run” by Xander Zellner Billboard Magazine (10/10/2022). “Glass Animals’ ‘Heat Waves’ ties the Weekend’s ‘Blinding Lights’ for Longest Run in Hot 100 History” Billboard (3/14/2022). “Dua Lipa’s ‘Levitating’ Makes History as the Longest-Charting Billboard Hot 100 Hit Ever Among Women” First posted 3/14/2022; updated 10/19/2022.

Jason Mraz spent record-setting 70th week on Hot 100 with “I’m Yours”

I’m Yours Jason Mraz

Writer(s): Jason Mraz (see lyrics here) Released: February 12, 2008 First Charted: March 15, 2008 Peak: 6 US, 11 RR, 116 AC, 18 A40, 11 AA, 11 UK, 3 CN, 3 AU, 12 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 10.0 US, 1.2 UK, 22.0 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 0.8 radio, 443.7 video, 1624.05 streaming

Awards: Click on award for more details.

About the Song: “I’m Yours” not only took a few years to get released, but set chart longevity records once it did come out as a single. The song initially turned up as a demo on Mraz’ 2005 EP Extra Credit before launching his third album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things in 2008. WK Once it was released as a single in February 2008, it wouldn’t go away. While it never achieved #1 status on the Billboard Hot 100 (it peaked at 36), it spent a whopping 76 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the previous record of 69 weeks, which had been held for a decade by LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live.” It has since been passed by Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive” (87 weeks) and AWOL Nation’s “Sail” (79 weeks). WK Interestingly, none of the songs hit #1 on the Hot 100. The song met a similar fate in the U.K. where it logged 84 weeks on the top 100 chart, a record for a song which never hit the top ten. WK It did top the charts in Sweden and Norway and was a top ten in Austria, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. WK Its longevity and broad appeal did also land it atop a couple of other U.S. charts – it hit #1 on the Mainstream Top 40 and adult contemporary charts ten and twelve months after its release respectively. WK The song went on to be one of the ten best-selling digital songs of all-time in the U.S. WK and was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year as well as Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Mraz has said the song “came out of joy” and is about “generosity,” “giving into love and life’s possibilities,” and that “it can be a love song or a personal song of empowerment.” SF He had low expectations for what he called his “happy little hippie song,” SF but has speculated that maybe its longevity was because the song borrowed from multiple genres. Metromix Atlanta described it as “the best Jack Johnson song of the decade” that came not from Johnson, but “a scat-singing, fedora-clad dude from Mechanicsville, Virginia.” MX Resources: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Jason Mraz MX Atlanta Metromix (11/24/09). “Best Songs of the Decade” SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Last updated 7/25/2023.