1 spot - but it would prove the much longer-lasting, reaching No. 11 on the Hot 100 while its partner “Heartless” ascended to the No. At first, “Blinding Lights” was the lesser of the two hits, debuting at No. But in late 2019, pop superstar The Weeknd released a two-pack of new songs which would make pop music history in the years to come. In the seven years since, few songs have even approached that historic run: until this year, the only song to really get close was AWOLNATION’s “Sail,” whose run was concurrent to that of “Radioactive” - but which only lasted 78 weeks before falling off. The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Spends Record-Breaking 88th Week on Billboard Hot 100
28, 2014, it broke the record (previously held by Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours”) for the longest stay in Hot 100 history in its 77th week on the chart - holding on for another 10 weeks, until finally falling off the chart dated May 17th, 2014, after an 87-week run. The song first debuted on the Hot 100 on Aug.
The song didn’t sound much like anything else on radio in 2012 - or 2013, or 2014 - but it eventually stretched out over all three calendar years, crossing over to multiple radio formats, becoming an iTunes best-seller and even briefly holding the record for the most-streamed song in Spotify history. 15 on the Hot 100 in early 2013, the Dan Reynolds-fronted group released “Radioactive,” a massive-sounding arena-rock chest-beater warped by hip-hop dynamics and dubstep-influenced production. Following the chart breakout of their anthemic 2012 debut hit “It’s Time,” which peaked at No. Seven years ago, Imagine Dragons made history on the Billboard Hot 100 with just their second single as a band.