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Charts - United Kingdom

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Songs That Spent the Longest Time at Number One

This list features the songs that spent the longest time at number one in UK Singles Chart history.

RANK

SONG

MUSICIAN

TIME SPENT AT NUMBER ONE

YEAR

1

“I Believe”

Frankie Laine

18 weeks

1953

2

“(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”

Bryan Adams

16 weeks

1991

3

“Love Is All Around”

Wet Wet Wet

15 weeks

1994

4

“One Dance”

Drake

15 weeks

2016

5

“Bohemian Rhapsody”

Queen

14 weeks

1975

6

“Shape Of You”

Ed Sheeran

14 weeks

2017

7

“Rose Marie”

Slim Whitman

11 weeks

1955

8

“Despacito”

Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft Justin Bieber

11 weeks

2017

9

“Dance Monkey”

Tones and I

11 weeks

2019

10

“Bad Habits”

Ed Sheeran

11 weeks

2021

11

“Sprinter”

Dave & Central Cee

10 weeks

2023

12

“Flowers”

Miley Cyrus

10 weeks

2023

13

“As It Was”

Harry Styles

10 weeks

2022

14

“Cara Mia”

David Whitfield

10 weeks

1954

15

“I Will Always Love You”

Whitney Houston

10 weeks

1992

16

“Umbrella”

Rihanna

10 weeks

2007


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References

Official Charts Company. (2023). The songs that spent the longest at number 1. Official Charts. Available at: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-songs-that-spent-the-longest-at-number-1__14522/ [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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