Which song was #1 the longest?
"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks. It also became the fastest song in history to be certified diamond.
Songs with 50 or more weeks in the Top 40
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey holds the record for the most weeks in the Top 40 history with 85 weeks.
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- 6. " Voodoo Chile," Jimi Hendrix (14:50) ...
- 5. " Supper's Ready," Genesis (22:54) ...
- 4. " In My Time of Dying," Led Zeppelin (11:04) ...
- 3. " Achilles Last Stand," Led Zeppelin (10:26) ...
- 2. " Shine On You Crazy Diamond," Pink Floyd (26:00) ...
- 1. " Whipping Post," Allman Brothers Band (Live, 22:40)
Despite being just under six minutes long, Bohemian Rhapsody isn't even the longest song on the album A Night At The Opera. That honour goes to the epic track The Prophet's Song; an even more complex recording which clocks in at 8 minutes and 21 seconds.
It was never a hit single and got almost no play on Top 40 radio. There's even a dispute over the exact title. Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.
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22-dated ranking: Most Weeks Spent on the Billboard Hot 100: 91, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals.
The number one song on iTunes right now is Flowers by Miley Cyrus. Related Charts: Apple Music Top Streaming Songs, iTunes Top 200 Songs, Top New Songs January 2023, Top 100 Albums, and Top 40 Music Videos.
Now, the top five longest-running wins on the ranking are: “Heat Waves” (91 weeks and counting), “Blinding Lights” (90 weeks), Imagine Dragons' “Radioactive” (87 weeks), AWOLNATION's “Sail” (79 weeks), and finally Dua Lipa's “Levitating” (77 weeks).
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- 2) QUEEN - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. ...
- 3) LYNYRD SKYNYRD - FREE BIRD. ...
- 4) DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER. ...
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What is the longest playlist ever?
Answer: The record for the longest Spotify playlist is held by Willis Orr, with about 10,000 songs (the maximum limit of a Spotify playlist) and over 800 hours of music. For a better perspective, you'd need to listen for more than 33 consecutive days to finish the playlist!
- A Sky Full of StarsColdplay.
- Be the OneDua Lipa.
- Dance MonkeyTones And I.
- Want to Want MeJason Derulo.
- That's What I LikeBruno Mars.
- Truth HurtsLizzo.
- XO Tour Llif3Lil Uzi Vert.
- I Love It (feat. Charli XCX)Icona Pop, Charli XCX.
A truncated version of the song was covered by Madonna in 2000 and reached No. 1 in at least 15 countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. At 8 minutes and 42 seconds, McLean's combined version is the sixth longest song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 (at the time of release it was the longest).
The Guinness Book of World Records states that The Devil Glitch, a 69-minute song containing over 500 verses, is the longest pop song ever recorded. It entered the record books in July of 1997. In classic rock, the live version of Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers. It's 22 plus minutes long.
The longest single song on Spotify is yeule's “The Things They Did For Me Out of Love.”
Rank | Song | Artist(s) |
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1 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd |
2 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran |
3 | "Dance Monkey" | Tones And I |
4 | "Someone You Loved" | Lewis Capaldi |
Aretha Franklin's 'Respect' named Greatest Song of All Time by Rolling Stone.
The first number-one song of the Billboard Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958.
Drake has officially broken The Beatles' Billboard Hot 100 record, which they held for 55 years. The Canadian rapper now has more songs on the top five hits in Hot 100 history than any other artist thanks to his recent collaboration with DJ Khaled and Lil Baby on the hit "Staying Alive." The song debuted at No.
Mariah Carey (USA) has topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 19 different occasions. Her first No.
How long was Bohemian Rhapsody at number 1?
After lead singer Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, there was a frenzy for anything Queen-related, and the main benefactor was Bohemian Rhapsody, which was rereleased and hit the top for five weeks. That gives the song a grand total of 14 weeks at Number 1.
That made 'Waiting for a Girl Like You' the longest-tenured number two in the US at ten weeks.
We all know the record for shortest song on the Hot 100 overall is Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' "Stay," which went 1:36, and reached No. 1 in November 1960.