Bryan adams how long at no 1

That said, let's put a spotlight on five of the longest-running number 1s ever:. Dolly Parton 's tear-jerking country ballad was given a new lease of life by Whitney Houston when she covered the song for her film debut The Bodyguard , which to this day remains the biggest-selling movie soundtrack of all time. Whitney's imperious vocal performance kept the song at the top of the UK charts for a total of ten weeks at the tail end of , seeing out the year on top before it was knocked off by 2 Unlimited's dance-pop track 'No Limit'.

You'd be fibbing if you hadn't belting this operatic rock masterpiece out at the top of your lungs at some point in your life, either in a crowd, with friends, or at least at home whilst nobody's watching. Queen 's first ever UK number one single was so audacious and so catchy, it made household names out of Freddie Mercury and co.

Wet Wet Wet 's most instantly recognisable song, and soundtrack for rom-com Four Weddings And A Funeral , is forever synonymous with Hugh Grant 's floppy hairdo and unassuming charm. The film's director Richard Curtis approached the band's frontman Marti Pellow about covering a song for the soundtrack, and he chose 'Love Is All Around' originally by 60s rock band The Troggs of 'Wild Thing' fame as he knew he could make it his own.

And he certainly did, seeing the song reach number one in the UK charts and remain there for 15 weeks. We take a look at the tracks to have spent ten weeks or more at the top. American crooner Frankie scored his first ever UK Number 1 in April , just after his 40th birthday and seemed reluctant to let go. Not content with notching up nine weeks at the summit, after a week at Number 2, he went back up to spend a further six at the top.

But it wasn't over yet. Famous composer Mantovani then claimed the Number 1 spot, before Frankie gave him a nudge and racked up an additional three weeks. Only five songs in history have scored three separate stints at the top! Those of you with a calculator handy will have worked out that adds up to a whopping 18 weeks.

That's like, over four months. Frankie's is the longest reign — although it's not consecutive of course. That honour goes to…. The weather was pretty dull for much of the year, and if you weren't a fan of Bryan Adams ' massive Number 1, listening to the radio wasn't likely to brighten your day.

Thanks to the success of then-box office darling Kevin Costner's innovative Hollywood retelling of Robin Hood complete with soft-metal blow-dry and Californian accent this ballad was inescapable. Their eyes met over the heated rollers — hair icons Robin Hood and Maid Marian on the single cover. Taking its pew at Number 1 in July and sitting tight until the end of October, Bryan's love theme from the movie notched up an incredible 16 straight weeks at the summit.

As the UK frantically tried to find out who was still buying the song and working out how to stop them, along came U2 to save the day — you don't often hear that these days, do you? The Fly replaced Bryan at number 1 and order was restored. Warning: contains bangers. Another theme from a romantic movie, the Scottish quartet scored a third Number 1 with this cover of a Troggs hit from the Sixties. Taken from Four Weddings and a Funeral, even the band themselves were sick of hearing it during summer After 15 consecutive weeks, the Wets decided to pour cold water on the song's soaring success and DELETED it in the old days, you could halt production of a single — it was totally normal to do this to encourage people to buy the album it was taken from.

It's been a long time since we had a mammoth run at Number 1, isn't it? Drake's extended reign means he scored the longest running Number 1 of the digital age, since , when legal download services launched in the UK. When Gnarls Barkley released hit 'Crazy' it was the first time a single had dominated the charts for a long time.

It also scored the first record for reaching number one on download sales alone, with people buying the leaked track months before its actual release date last year. The song, however, could have stayed on top for much longer, but the group's management stopped sales to prevent people getting too fed up of listening to it. At the time they said it was so that people would "remember the song fondly and not get sick of it". These songs have also reached nine weeks at number one, which Rihanna's 'Umbrella' has currently acheived:.

Type keyword s to search. Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' There have been a lot of singles managing to peak at nine consecutive weeks at number one, but Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is worth a special note for topping the charts for nine weeks in - then scoring another five weeks in a row when the same version was re-released in Frankie Laine - 'I Believe' Frankie Laine's version of 'I Believe' may not hold the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one, but it does hold the record for the largest number of weeks.

Slim Whitman - 'Rose Marie' Slim Whitman's rendition of 'Rose Marie' in was to hold the record for the longest running single, that was until Bryan Adams released the current record holder in - an astonishing 36 years later. Gnarls Barkley - 'Crazy' Although it has been rare more recently for artists to have a single at number one for long stretches of time, there is one recent song that has equalled Rihanna so far.

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