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Which song took the longest to reach #1 on Billboard's Hot 100?

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Retro

I tried looking this up on the internet, but couldn't find any information at all. From the best of my very outdated knowledge, the answer to this is "Chariots of Fire"-Vangelis, for a first run single of 22 weeks back in 1982.

The longest in total that I can think of is the issue "Red Red Wine"-UB40, which I think took 25 weeks in total between their 2 chart runs back in 1988.

There must have been something much more recent than that though. Does anyone know if there has been? Thank you for your help!

Retro
 
Retro said:
I tried looking this up on the internet, but couldn't find any information at all. From the best of my very outdated knowledge, the answer to this is "Chariots of Fire"-Vangelis, for a first run single of 22 weeks back in 1982.

The longest in total that I can think of is the issue "Red Red Wine"-UB40, which I think took 25 weeks in total between their 2 chart runs back in 1988.
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I don't think you can really count the total number of weeks in both chart runs in figuring how long it took to reach #1; otherwise, you could count the entire five years between both chartings of "Red Red Wine," and say that it took it five years for it to reach #1. Technically true, I suppose, but also a bit misleading.
 
back in 89 corina-temptation first broke on Power 96 miami,,, but didnt reach top 10 till 1991... Also.... not nearly as long, but Snaps-rhythm is a dancer, as well as blues traveler-run Around charted for about 2 years in the hot 100.
 
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