CURIOUS AND FUNNY RUNS Six years of countdown must have some curious runs on it. This trivia contains a list with the funniest and most curious runs, so yeah, enjoy...
Crystal Castles | "Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith)" » [5 weeks | Peak: 01x2] - 2011 » Run: 1-2-3-1-10
It seemed like it was going to be one of the biggest hits in the history of this countdown -hot shot debut and and a whole month on top 3- the truth is that only spent five weeks and then died.
New Order | "Waiting For The Sirens' Call" » [11 weeks | Peak: 05] - 2005 » Run: 18-17-16-15-14-13-9-8-7-5-*-13
"Waiting For The Sirens' Call" by one of my favourite bands ever, New Order, spent almost all of its weeks climbing slowly but surely to the top but at the end it couldn't make it, even worse, it fell off directly from 5th spot.
OK Go | "A Million Ways" » [13 weeks | Peak: 06] - 2006 » Run: 19-17-16-14-13-11-10-9-8-8-7-6-17
Same story for OK Go's "A Million Ways" thought it never reached top five but it was very close to.
Magic Kids | "Superball" » [9 weeks | Peak: 02] - 2010 » Run: 17-17-17-17-5-5-2-5-19
"Superball" acted like a bouncing superball in this countdown. Big jumps and big falls and almost reached 1st place.
Emiliana Torrini | "Jungle Drum" » [10 weeks | Peak: 16] - 2009 » Run: 20-20-20-19-18-18-16-20-18-20
Someone might think that a track could do great in ten weeks, however "Jungle Drum" by Emilia Torrini never left bottom 5 in ten weeks. "Jungle Drum" was featured on Dj's.100+.2009 at 73rd place.
Kaiser Chiefs | "Ruby" » [10 weeks | Peak: 01x1] - 2007 » Run: 1-*-3-4-6-11-10-10-8-11-14
Kaiser Chiefs' "Ruby" debuted at 1st place and the next week was out of the countdown. It's kind of funny however Ruby got to return one week after.
Interpol | "Lights" » [20 weeks | Peak: 01x13] - 2010 » Run: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-7-1-7-7-11-11-13-13
Interpol's "Lights" does not only possess the record for the longest time on the first spot, it's also known because it spent more than half of its weeks on that place. Of course, it got the 1st palce on Dj's.100+.2010.
Paulson | "Calling On You" » [15 weeks | Peak: 01x1] - 2008 » Run: 20-20-20-20-18-18-18-7-1-9-11-19-20-20-19
Just when everyone thought it was a big flop, Paulson's "Calling On You" jumped from the bottom to the top in only two weeks. It was enough for this single to get the 39th place on Dj's.100+.2008 and the spot #193 on Dj's.200+.00's (Countdown of the Decade 00's).
The Like | "June Gloom" » [16 weeks | Peak: 01x2] - 2006 » Run: 1-1-2-2-4-*-8-8-5-3-6-6-5-16-19-20-17
"June Gloom" is one of the very few Hot Shot Debutants in the history of DWT20. You might think its run was wrote backwards, but it's not. June Gloom reached 9th place on Dj's.100+.2006.
New Order | "Turn" » [24 weeks | Peak: 02] - 2006 » Run: 19-15-14-13-11-12-8-7-8-5-7-20-20-20-20-9-7-5-3-2-3-4-8-16
New Order was very successful on this c/d with their singles from the Waiting For The Sirens' Call era, however, "Turn" literally suffered for 24 weeks and although on its 20th week it seemed like it was going to finally get its very deserved first spot, it couldn't make it.
Bad Veins | "Gold And Warm" » [9 weeks | Peak: 09] - 2009 » Run: 9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9
Bad Veins' "Gold And Warm" debuted at #9 and stayed there during 9 weeks. Curious thing: It debuted on August 1st (1+8th month = 9) and fell off on September 27th (2+7=9 of the 9th month). Oh yeah, it was 2009.
Cass McCombs | "You Saved My Life" » [20 weeks | Peak: 01x1] - 2009 » Run: 20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17-19
"You Saved My Life" is the only song that has been on all and every spot of this countdown (all the 20 spots). It entered at 20th and went climbing 2 places every week until reaching 1st spot, then it fell 2 places every week until falling off.
