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The Killers’ hit track ‘Mr. Brightside’ has now spent a total of five whole years in the UK’s Top 100.
The iconic single was first released in 2003 and it has now cemented its place in the history book by becoming the only song in the history of the Official UK Singles Chart to spend 260 weeks – or a whopping five years – in the top 100.
‘Mr. Brightside’ has held on to the top spot for longest-running chart hits for some time, as its closest competitor is Snow Patrol’s ‘Chasing Cars’, which has spent almost 100 weeks less time in the charts with a total of 166 weeks.
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George Michael gets first UK number one of 2021 with Wham! hit Last Christmas
Pop icon George Michael has taken the top spot of the UK charts as Wham! hit Last Christmas is the first number one of 2021, leaving fans overjoyed for the late singer
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George Michael could claim the first UK number one of 2021, with the Wham! classic “Last Christmas” just behind Mariah Carey in a midweek chart update.
The late pop icon, who passed away on Boxing Day 2016, could return to the top of the charts Friday (1 January) thank to a festive surge in popularity for the immortal “Last Christmas” by Wham!.
A midweek update by the Official Chart Company puts Wham! just behind that other Christmas classic, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas”. Only 89 sales units separate the two, according to
MusicWeek.
It would be a stunning victory for “Last Christmas”, which was released 36 years ago in 1984 only to be beaten to the top of the UK chart by Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas”. It would be Michael’s first number one since 1996’s “Fastlove”.