Glass Animals’ ‘Warmth Waves’ has damaged the report for longest Billboard Sizzling 100 run

Glass Animals‘ hit 2020 single ‘Warmth Waves’ has formally damaged the report for many weeks within the Billboard Sizzling 100, making it the longest-charting tune in historical past.

The tune has entered its 91st week within the chart, formally beating the previously-held report of 90 by The Weeknd‘s ‘Blinding Lights’. The Weeknd himself broke the previously-established report simply final 12 months, overtaking Think about Dragons – who spent 87 weeks on the chart with their 2012 tune ‘Radioactive’.

In a press assertion to Billboard, the band’s frontman Dave Bayley remarked: “Wow, all I can say is wow.

“A lot of you recognize [that] once I wrote this tune, I used to be writing about lacking somebody I beloved very dearly. By no means in my wildest desires did I believe that it will result in a lot love and connection throughout the globe. You all have finished that. Thanks to everybody who has helped this tune attain so many individuals. You already know who you might be. Thanks.”

The brand new report, set yesterday (October 17), is the second general for the hit. ‘Warmth Waves’ additionally holds the distinctive distinction of being the tune to have taken the longest to achieve Quantity One after initially charting. It spent 59 weeks on the Billboard Sizzling 100 earlier than reaching the highest spot, breaking the report beforehand set by Mariah Carey‘s ‘All I Need For Christmas Is You’ at 35 weeks.

Away from the Billboard chart, the tune was additionally the primary by a UK band to prime Spotify’s international singles chart. The tune additionally got here in first within the fan-voted triple j Hottest 100 of 2020 countdown in Australia. The band celebrated this victory by making good on a promise to get Australia tattooed on their arses.