There have been 32 songs, which have spent 40 or more weeks on the chart listing. Some are perennial favourites which return to the chart every year so all weeks have been added together. Here’s the list…

Artist	Title	Original peak position year	Total weeks on chart
Ray Parker Jr.	Ghostbusters	1984	40
Oasis	Wonderwall	1995	40
Mark Ronson feat Amy Winehouse	Valerie	2007	40
Rizzle Kicks	Mama Do the Hump	2012	40
Calvin Harris + Disciples	How Deep Is Your Love	2015	40
Chainsmokers feat Daya	Don’t Let Me Down	2016	40
Gorillaz	Feel Good Inc	2005	41
Nicki Minaj	Starships	2012	41
Ed Sheeran	Castle on the Hill	2017	41
French Montana feat Swae Lee	Unforgettable	2017	42
Free	All Right Now	1970	44
The Script	The Man Who Can’t Be Moved	2008	44
Calum Scott	Dancing On My Own	2016	45
Eminem feat Rihanna	Love the Way You Lie	2010	48
Nickelback	Rockstar	2008	50
Kanye West feat Jamie Foxx	Gold Digger	2005	52
Maroon 5 feat Christina Aguilera	Moves like Jagger	2011	52
Passenger	Let Her Go	2013	54
Sia	Cheap Thrills	2016	54
Acker Bilk	Stranger on The Shore	1962	55
Flo Rida feat T-Pain	Low	2008	55
Justin Timberlake	Can’t Stop the Feeling	2016	55
Adele	Rolling In the Deep	2011	56
Major Lazer X DJ Snake feat Mo	Lean On	2015	59
Hozier	Take Me to Church	2015	66
Mariah Carey	All I Want For Christmas Is You	1994	70
Bastille	Pompeii	2013	73
Wham!	Last Christmas/Everything She Wants	1984	75
Take That	Rule the World	2007	75
John Legend	All of Me	2014	75
Kings Of Leon	Use Somebody	2008	78
Pogues feat Kirsty Maccoll	Fairytale of New York	1987	84

Here’s a list of 30 rappers with quite ridiculous names who have appeared on UK chart hits.

Rapper	Real Name
6ix9ine	Daniel Hernandez
Bobby Shmurda	Ackquille Jean Pollard
Chamaillionaire	Hakeen Seriki
E-40	Earl Stevens
Fabolous	John Jackson
Fetty Wap	Willie Maxwell
Gunna	Sergio Giavanni Kitchens
J-Boog	Jarell Damonte Houston
Jeru The Damaja	Kendrick Jeru Davis
Juice Wrld	Jarad Higgins
Killah Priest	Walter Reed
Kodak Black	Dieuson Octave
Kuniva	Von Carlisle
Lil Dicky	David Andrew Bur
LIL UZI VERT	Symere Woods
Lil Yachty	Miles Parks McCollum
Meek Mill	Robert Rihmeek Williams
Not3s	Lukman Odunaike
Ol’ Dirty Bastard	Russel Jones
Rich The Kid	Dimitri Leslie Roger
Sage The Gemini	Dominic Wynn Woods
Skystie	Chanelle Scott Calica
Swarmz	Brandon Scott
Tiggs Da Author	Adam Muhabwa
Tinie Tempah	Patrick Chukwuem Okogwu Jr
Too Poetic	Anthony Berkeley
Two Chainz	Tauheed Epps
Wretch 32	Jermaine Scott
XXXTENTACION	Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy
Young Thug	Jeffery Lamar Williams

This week’s did you know was requested by Ban Ban Ban Wellsey (as he calls himself) and wanted a list of debut artist was each country. I first did this list in 2014 but here it is again and updated.

Country	Artist	Title of first/only hit	Year
Algeria	Cheb Mami (as a feat artist with Sting)	Desert Rose	2000
Antilles	K.I.D.	Don’t Stop	1981
Argentina	Waldo De Los Rios	Mozart Symphony No. 40 In G Minor	1971
Australia	Jimmy Parkinson	The Great Pretender	1956
Austria	Opus	Live Is Life	1985
Azerbaijan	Ell & Nikki	Running Scared	2011
Bahamas	Beginning Of The End	Funky Nassau	1974
Barbados	Johnny Kemp	Just Got Paid	1988
Belgium	Ping Ping And Al Verlane	Sucu Sucu	1961
Bermuda	Heather Nova	No, No, No	1995
Brazil	Los Indios Tabajaras	Marie Elena	1963
Cameroon	Wes	Alane	1998
Canada	Gisele McKenzie	Seven Lonely Days	1953
Chile	Dee-Tah	Relax	1998
Columbia	Shakira	Whenever Wherever	2002
Congo	Mohombi	Miss Me	2010
Croatia	Tatjana	Santa Maria	1996
Cuba	DeCastro Sisters	Teach Me Tonight	1955
Czechoslovakia	Jan Hammer	Miami Vice Theme	1985
Denmark	The Singing Dogs	Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake/Three Blind Mice/Jingle Bells (Medley)	1955
Egypt	Bob Azzam	Mustapha	1960
Finland	Darude	Sandstorm	2000
France	Caterina Valente	The Breeze & I	1955
Germany	Obernkirchen Children’s Choir	The Happy Wanderer	1954
Ghana	Ruby Amanfu	Sugah	2003
Gibraltar	Breed 77	The River	2004
Greece	Aphrodite’s Child	Tears And Rain	1968
Guadeloupe	Patrick Hernandez	Born To Be Alive	1979
Guinea	Mory Kante	Yeke Yeke	1988
Guyana	Eddy Grant	Living On The Front Line	1979
Hungary	Eve Boswell	Pickin’ A Chicken	1955
Iceland	Mezzoforte	Garden Party	1983
India	Spellbound	Heaven On Earth	1997
Ireland	Eamonn Andrews	The Shifting Whispering Sands	1956
Israel	Topol	If I Were A Rich Man	1967
Italy	Renato Carosone	Torero – Cha Cha Cha	1958
Jamaica	Ezz Reco & The Launchers	King Of Kings	1964
Japan	Kyu Sakamoto	Sukiyaki	1963
Jordan	Ayah Marar (as a feat artist with Calvin Harris)	Thinking About You	2013
Kenya	Roger Whittaker	Durham Town (The Leaving)	1969
Lebannon	Mika	Grace Kelly	2007
Libya	Nadia Ali	Rapture	2012
Lithuania	Ten Walls	Walking With Elephants	2014
Malta	Gianluca Bezzina	Tomorrow	2013
Martinique	Gibson Brothers	Cuba	1979
Mexico	Paulino Rubio	Don’t Say Goodbye	2002
Moldova	O-Zone	Dragostea Din Tei	2004
Montserrat	Arrow	Hot Hot Hot	1982
Morocco	French Montana	Unforgettable	2017
Netherlands	Shocking Blue	Venus	1970
New Zealand	John Rowles	If I Only Had Time	1968
Nigeria	Dr Alban	It’s My Life	1992
Norway	Frida	I Know There’s Something Going On	1982
Pakistan	Rumer	Slow	2010
Philippines	Billy Crawford	Urgently In Love	1998
Poland	Basia	Promises	1988
Portugal	Rui Da Silva	Touch Me	2001
Puerto Rico	Ricky Martin	(Un, Dos, Tres) Maria	1997
Romania	Gheorghe Zamfir	The Light Of Experience – Doina De Jale	1976
Russia	Alsou	Before You Love Me	2001
Senegal	Youssou N’Dour	Shakin’ The Tree	1989
Serbia	Rita Ora (as a feat artist with DJ Fresh)	Hot Right Now	2008
Seychelles	Boniface	Cheeky	2002
Somalia	K’Naan	Wavin’ Flag	2010
South Africa	Elias And His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes	Tom Hark	1958
South Korea	PSY	Gangnam Style	2012
Spain	Johnny and Charley	La Yenka	1965
Sweden	The Spotnicks	Orange Blossom Special	1962
Switzerland	Yello	I Love You	1983
Thailand	Katoi	Touch You	2003
Trinidad	Trinidad Oil Company	The Calendar Song	1977
Turkey	DJ Quicksilver	Bellisima	1997
UK	Max Bygraves	Cowpunchers Cantana	1952
Ukraine	Ruslana	Wild Dances	2004
USA	Al Martino	Here In My Heart	1952
Yugoslavia	Ivo Robic	Morgen	1959
Zaire	Missa Luba Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin	Sanctus	1969
Zambia	Warren Mills	Sunshine	1985
Zimbabwe	Rozalla	Faith (In The Power Of Love)	1991

12 hours of music are uploaded to SoundCloud every minute.

The oldest artist to have a UK number one is Tom Jones who was 68 years, Nine months and two weeks old when he topped the chart in 2009 with Barry Islands In The Stream alongside Robin Gibb, Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West.

Status Quo’s 1979 hit Living On an Island was not as exotic as it sounds, it was written about Jersey where Rick Parfitt was resident at the time for tax purposes.

The longest marathon karaoke ever was attempted by Leonardo Polverelli in Italy on 23 Sep 2011. The performance lasted for five days and around 101 hours, 59 minutes and 15 seconds.

The musicians on Johnny Nash’s 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now is the Average White Band.

Midnight Oil’s 1988 hit Beds Are Burning is about displaced aboriginals in Australia.

In 2015, Adele refused to let her 25 album be used on any streaming services and so if you wanted her album you had to buy the CD or download it. She sold 5 million discs in a month. It probably earned her more money in the process.

Harpo’s 1976 hit Movie Star features Abba’s Frida on backing vocals.

The Greek national anthem is the longest with 158 verses.

The Sue in Dion’s Runaround Sue was Susan Butterfield – his girlfriend at the time.

So many songs have been re-mixed, usually by a producer or DJ, but only 28 have benefitted from a higher chart position, here is the list:

Artist	Title	Original year	Original Position	Re-mix year	Re-mix position
Climie Fisher	Love Changes (Everything)	1987	67	1988	2
New Order	Blue Monday 1988	1983	12	1988	3
Desireless	Voyage Voyage	1987	53	1988	5
Bill Withers	Lovely Day (Sunshine Mix)	1978	7	1988	4
Jeff Wayne	The Eve Of The War	1978	36	1989	3
Freddie Mercury	Living On My Own	1985	50	1993	1
D:Ream	Things Can Only Get Better	1993	24	1994	1
D:Ream	U R The Best Thing (2nd Re-Mix)	1992	72	1994	4
MC Sar And The Real Mccoy	Another Night	1993	61	1994	2
N-Trance	Set You Free	1993	39	1995	2
Nightcrawlers	Push The Feeling On	1994	22	1995	3
Berri	The Sunshine After The Rain	1994	26	1995	4
Everything But The Girl	Missing	1994	69	1995	3
Underworld	Born Slippy	1995	52	1996	2
Source Feat Candi Staton	You Got The Love	1991	4	1997	3
The Shamen	Move Any Mountain – Progen 91	1990	55	1991	4
Zoe	Sunshine On A Rainy Day	1990	53	1991	4
Bizarre Inc	Playing With Knives	1991	43	1991	4
Shanice	I Love Your Smile	1991	55	1992	2
Sister Sledge	We Are Family (2nd Re-Mix)	1979	8	1993	5
Wildchild	Renegade Master	1995	11	1998	3
Corrs	What Can I Do	1998	53	1998	3
Corrs	Runaway	1996	49	1999	2
Moloko	Sing It Back	1999	45	1999	4
Sonique	It Feels So Good	1998	24	2000	1
Delerium Feat Sarah Mclachlan	Silence	1999	73	2000	3
DJ Aligator Project	The Whistle Song (Blow My Whistle Bitch)	2000	57	2002	5
Bodyrox Feat Luciana	Yeah Yeah	2006	45	2006	2