Apparently the song that spent the longest time at #1 on the Billboard charts is a Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men song "One Sweet Day", spending a whoppin' 16 weeks there in 1995.
Theme song from "A Summer Place" Percy Faith and His Orchestra recorded the most popular version of the tune, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one on the still-young Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960. It remains the longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the chart.
This was not performed or recorded by the Beatles, but by Paul McCartney. The song is called "Wonderful Christmastime" and was released as a single in 1979, reaching #6 in the UK singles chart. It did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, but has since been a perennial favorite of radio stations at Christmas. It appears as a bonus track on the Wings' Back To The Egg CD reissue.
Stairway to Heaven
Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" topped the Hot 100 chart for 14 weeks straight at the end of 1992. It is actually Mariah Carey and Byz 2 Men with the song "One Sweet Day". It topped the chart for 16 weeks Id question both. West Side Stories, Soundtrack, spent 54 weeks on Billboards album charts, which is the longest time spent on Billboards.
The Goo Goo Dolls 'Iris', which was #1 for 18 weeks.
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One sweet day, by Mariah Carey and Boyz 2 Men....16 weeks The Goo Goo Dolls 'Iris', which was #1 for 18 weeks.
time of your life
The album of Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd, for 741 weeks holds the record.
Apparently the song that spent the longest time at #1 on the Billboard charts is a Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men song "One Sweet Day", spending a whoppin' 16 weeks there in 1995.
Theme song from "A Summer Place" Percy Faith and His Orchestra recorded the most popular version of the tune, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one on the still-young Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960. It remains the longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the chart.
The single which holds the record for longest time on the Billboard Hot 100 is One Sweet Day, by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, which held the top spot for sixteen weeks.
The longest song on a studio album is In My Time Of Dying from Physical Graffiti but the longest live song is No Quarter from Destroyer.
Pink Floyde
The Billboard list was established on August 9th, 1958, so there was not a Top Billboard song of the week for the week of August 2. Records show that the number one song at this time was Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson.
Whoomp! (There it is)-Tag Team 1993