List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK Singles Chart
Songs with 50 or more weeks in the Top 40
The Top 40 chart has been broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 1 (currently as The Official Chart) since the 1980s and is often referred to as 'the charts'.

List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK Singles Chart

Section Title: Songs with 50 or more weeks in the Top 40
Table Section Text: The Top 40 chart has been broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 1 (currently as The Official Chart) since the 1980s and is often referred to as 'the charts'.

Song	Artist	Year first entered chart	Chart peak	Total weeks in top 40	Consecutive weeks	Reference

"My Way"	Frank Sinatra	1969	5	75	16

"Fairytale of New York"	The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl	1987	2	64	8

"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Mariah Carey	1994	2	61	6

"Thinking Out Loud"	Ed Sheeran	2014	1	56*	54

"All of Me"	John Legend	2014	2	54	44

"Rock Around the Clock"	Bill Haley and His Comets	1955	1	54	17

"Last Christmas"	Wham!	1984	2	53	11

"Stranger on the Shore"	Acker Bilk	1961	2	52	45

"Happy"	Pharrell Williams	2013	1	50	49

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"Thinking Out Loud" single spend a full year in the UK top 40.

final_sentence: "Thinking Out Loud" single spend a full year in the UK top 40.