Notable singles List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK Singles Chart

1 notable singles

1.1 blue monday
1.2 merry xmas
1.3 wish christmas everyday
1.4 white lines
1.5 3 lions

notable singles
blue monday

new order s blue monday includes remixed version of original, made available on 45 first time in 1988 same catalogue number; sales shorter version , original combined when calculating chart position. second remix, 1995, charted 4 weeks excluded list.

merry xmas

in addition slade s total of 86 weeks in top 100 merry xmas , had 2 remixes of song not counted because re-recorded other artists. first, 1980, credited slade , reading choir; second, 1998, credited slade vs flush.

wish christmas everyday

the original version credited wizzard featuring vocal backing suedettes plus stockland green bilateral school first year choir additional noises miss snob , class 3c spent 9 weeks in charts in 1973-74, 3 more weeks during 1980s , 44 weeks 2007 2016, making total of 56 weeks in top 100. re-recorded version issued in 1981 , 1984, achieving 8 weeks in chart (not counted towards total).

white lines

grandmaster melle mel s white lines (don t don t it) remixed in 1994 , charted additional 3 weeks, making 46 in total in top 75 (61 in top 100 including 1 in 2004). re-recorded in 1995 duran duran featuring melle mel , grandmaster flash , furious 5 , charted 5 weeks (not counted towards total).

3 lions

three lions, recorded baddiel , skinner , lightning seeds isn t eligible above list either version has clocked impressive 56 weeks on uk singles chart top 75 under guise of 3 lions , 3 lions 98 . released in 1996 3 lions ; subsequently released in 1998 , re-issued in 2002 3 lions 98 ; re-issued in 2006 3 lions/three lions 98 dualdisc. in 2010, 3 lions charted once again due downloads. released in 2010 squad, aptly called 3 lions 2010 ; version tallied further 6 weeks in addition 56 weeks.