charts discussion “Good 4 U” longest running #1 Rock song in UK in 18 years

[Fitzswiftie]

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Olivia Rodrigo continues her reign over the Official Singles Chart as Good 4 U claims a fourth consecutive week at the top, becoming the longest-reigning Number 1 rock single in 18 years.

 

With more than double the chart sales of its closest competition, Good 4 U boasts 9.8 million UK streams this week, the pop-punk hit is now the longest-reigning rock-influenced chart-topper since 2003, when Evanescence spent four weeks at Number 1 with Bring Me To Life.

 

The arrival of Good 4 U at the top of the Official Singles Chart ends a particularly long absence of pop-rock-punk Number 1s. The last was over a decade ago, when Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name upset the The X Factor's Christmas Number 1 bid. Check out the full list of 'rock' (encompassing pop, rock, emo and punk) Number 1s below: 

The track is also only one of 8 rock songs to spend multiple weeks at #1 this millennium.

Every pop-punk-rock Number 1 on the Official Chart since 2000

W/E	TITLE	ARTIST
22/01/2000	THE MASSES AGAINST THE CLASSES	MANIC STREET PREACHERS
19/02/2000	GO LET IT OUT	OASIS
27/01/2001	ROLLIN'	LIMP BIZKIT
26/01/2002	MY SWEET LORD	GEORGE HARRISON
27/04/2002	THE HINDU TIMES	OASIS
28/09/2002	JUST LIKE A PILL	PINK
14/06/2003	BRING ME TO LIFE	EVANESCENCE
22/11/2003	CRASHED THE WEDDING	BUSTED
28/02/2004	WHO'S DAVID	BUSTED
10/04/2004	FIVE COLOURS IN HER HAIR	McFLY
03/07/2004	OBVIOUSLY	McFLY
07/08/2004	THUNDERBIRDS/3AM	BUSTED
12/03/2005	DAKOTA	STEREOPHONICS
28/05/2005	LYLA	OASIS
03/09/2005	THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE	OASIS
29/07/2006	DON'T STOP ME NOW/PLEASE, PLEASE	McFLY
29/10/2005	I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR	ARCTIC MONKEYS
28/01/2006	WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN	ARCTIC MONKEYS
25/03/2006	NO TOMORROW	ORSON
14/10/2006	AMERICA	RAZORLIGHT
21/10/2006	WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE	MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
04/11/2006	STAR GIRL	McFLY
03/03/2007	RUBY	KAISER CHIEFS
28/06/2008	VIVA LA VIDA	COLDPLAY
09/08/2008	ALL SUMMER LONG	KID ROCK
20/09/2008	SEX ON FIRE	KINGS OF LEON
11/10/2008	SO WHAT	PINK
26/12/2009	KILLING IN THE NAME	RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
03/06/2021	GOOD 4 U	OLIVIA RODRIGO

[ucanfma]

vers legend

[drivers license]

3 minutes ago, ucanfma said:

vers legend

vers dominant legend

 

[fridayteenage]

amy lee's successor whew

[Sweet Sexy Savage]

That’s quite the little amount of weeks

[drivers license]

19 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

Every pop-punk-rock Number 1 on the Official Chart since 2000

W/E	TITLE	ARTIST
22/01/2000	THE MASSES AGAINST THE CLASSES	MANIC STREET PREACHERS
19/02/2000	GO LET IT OUT	OASIS
27/01/2001	ROLLIN'	LIMP BIZKIT
26/01/2002	MY SWEET LORD	GEORGE HARRISON
27/04/2002	THE HINDU TIMES	OASIS
28/09/2002	JUST LIKE A PILL	PINK
14/06/2003	BRING ME TO LIFE	EVANESCENCE
22/11/2003	CRASHED THE WEDDING	BUSTED
28/02/2004	WHO'S DAVID	BUSTED
10/04/2004	FIVE COLOURS IN HER HAIR	McFLY
03/07/2004	OBVIOUSLY	McFLY
07/08/2004	THUNDERBIRDS/3AM	BUSTED
12/03/2005	DAKOTA	STEREOPHONICS
28/05/2005	LYLA	OASIS
03/09/2005	THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE	OASIS
29/07/2006	DON'T STOP ME NOW/PLEASE, PLEASE	McFLY
29/10/2005	I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR	ARCTIC MONKEYS
28/01/2006	WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN	ARCTIC MONKEYS
25/03/2006	NO TOMORROW	ORSON
14/10/2006	AMERICA	RAZORLIGHT
21/10/2006	WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE	MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
04/11/2006	STAR GIRL	McFLY
03/03/2007	RUBY	KAISER CHIEFS
28/06/2008	VIVA LA VIDA	COLDPLAY
09/08/2008	ALL SUMMER LONG	KID ROCK
20/09/2008	SEX ON FIRE	KINGS OF LEON
11/10/2008	SO WHAT	PINK
26/12/2009	KILLING IN THE NAME	RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
03/06/2021	GOOD 4 U	OLIVIA RODRIGO

last one was 2009?  @QueenofCopyPaste

i wish Billboard did this! we were waiting for them to announce something like this and they didn't deliver. they couldn't be more anti-Olivia huh? 

 

anyway, gonna use this as receipt for anyone claiming the song isn't pop/rock or pop/punk because she's "pop" 

[Starchild]

3 minutes ago, Sweet Sexy Savage said:

That’s quite the little amount of weeks

Well the UK seems to prefer dance to rock i think, sad that the most weeks at #1 was 4  

OT, Olivia tying evanescence? Woo queens!

[Fitzswiftie]

23 minutes ago, private radio said:

last one was 2009? 

There’s been a few “maybes” since but Rage in 09 / Pink & Kings of Leon in 08 were the last true undeniable ones.

 

• Fun’s “We Are Young”

• Florence’s “Spectrum” (partially due the Calvin remix)

• 1D’s “One Way or Another” blondie cover 

• 5SOS' “She Looks So Perfect”

• Harry’s “Sign of the Times”

• “Shallow”

• Those awful LadBaby sausage roll charity songs

[Ricky Wilson]

A bunch of legends and/or iconic songs and Olivia Rodrigues

[Ampersand13]

[Icarus]

The first rock #1 in 10 years  Queen of Rock

[Luckitty]

I'm surprised mr brightside never went #1 in the uk, iirc it's the longest charting song ever, it's probably still charting

[Bloodflowers.]

Amy Lee passed the torch  @kyris89 @ReverseWarholian

 

[Underdogs]

I only see two solo rock queens on the entire list

 

Hard rock anthem So What, we love to see it

[gustavothehuman]

Viva La Vida is not even rock 

OT: Congratulations to Mrs. Rodrigo 

[kellysclarkson]

25 minutes ago, Luckitty said:

I'm surprised mr brightside never went #1 in the uk, iirc it's the longest charting song ever, it's probably still charting

#80 this week, 272 weeks on the chart

[Bamboo]

18 years? Literally since she was born 

 

Congrats queen 

[Luckitty]

15 hours ago, kellysclarkson said:

#80 this week, 272 weeks on the chart

[kyris89]

18 hours ago, Bloodflowers. said:

Amy Lee passed the torch  @kyris89 @ReverseWarholian

 

I didn't know that Rodrigo's song was labelled as a rock song