Exhale by Whitney Houston holds the record of the longest-running U.S. number two that did not reach number one , with 11 weeks ; Work It followed with 10 weeks .
The song is tied with Foreigner 's 1981 hit `` Waiting for a Girl Like You '' as the second longest-running U.S. number-two single that did not reach number one , behind Whitney Houston 's Exhale ( Shoop , Shoop ) that spent eleven weeks at number 2.Like this song , `` Waiting for a Girl Like You '' spent ten weeks at # 2 .
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