Hot 100 Chart Longevity Records

[upland1425]

From the Billboard's Chartbeat online;

"JASON CHASIN' RECORD: Another song continues a notable lengthy run on the Billboard Hot 100. Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" becomes just the sixth entry to spend at least 60 weeks on the survey. The song, which debuted May 3, 2008, and peaked at No. 6 last September, eases 31-33 in its 60th stanza. The track now needs nine more weeks on the Hot 100 to tie LeAnn Rimes' record 69-week stay with "How Do I Live."

Following are the entries to log 60 weeks or more in the chart's history:

69 weeks, "How Do I Live," LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98
65 weeks, "You Were Meant for Me/Foolish Games," Jewel, 1996-98
64 weeks, "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood, 2006-07
62 weeks, "You and Me," Lifehouse, 2005-06
60 weeks, "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," Los Del Rio, 1995-96
60 weeks, "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz, 2008-09"

www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart-beat-bonus/chart-beat-dave-matthews-band-elvis-costello-1003983776.story

[mrjukebox]

Paul Davis' hit "I Go Crazy" spent a total of 40 weeks on the "Billboard Hot 100" between the summer of 1977 & the spring of 1978.

[mrjukebox]

In 1982,the British group Soft Cell spent a total of 43 weeks on the "Billboard Hot 100" with their smash hit "Tainted Love".