‘Heat Waves’ By Glass Animals By The Numbers: All The Statistics Behind Its Record-Breaking Hot 100 Run

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” is now the longest-charting hit in the Billboard Hot 100’s 64-year history, having charted for 91 weeks.

On the most recent Hot 100, dated Oct. 22, 2022, “Heat Waves” surpasses The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (in 2019-21), which had held the record since August 2021.

“Wow, all I can say is wow,” Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley said of the band’s accomplishment to Billboard. “As many of you know, when I wrote this song, I was grieving the loss of someone I adored.” Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine it would result in so much love and connection around the world.”

37: The number of weeks “Heat Waves” spent in the top 10 of the Hot 100, the fifth-most all-time, trailing only “Blinding Lights” (57 weeks), The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” (44), Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” (41) and Post Malone’s “Circles.”

57: The number of weeks “Heat Waves” spent in the top 20 of the Hot 100, tied for fourth with “Stay,” following “Blinding Lights” (80 weeks), “Levitating” (62) and “Circles” (57).

76: The number of weeks “Heat Waves” has spent in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, second only to “Blinding Lights.”

59: The record number of weeks it took for “Heat Waves” to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100, when it began a five-week reign in March.

12: The number of Billboard charts in the United States where “Heat Waves” has reached No. 1. It was the number one song on the Hot 100, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs, Hot Alternative Songs, Radio Songs, Alternative Airplay, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay, Alternative Streaming Songs, Alternative Digital Song Sales, Billboard Global 200, and Global Excl. American charts

37: The number of weeks “Heat Waves” spent at the top of the charts for Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs, and Hot Alternative Songs. Only Fear! “High Hopes” by At the Disco has spent more time atop Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts (65 weeks on both). “Heat Waves” holds the record on the Hot Alternative Songs, which launched in June 2020.

1.3 billion: Total on-demand official U.S. streams for “Heat Waves,” audio and video combined.

255,000: Total U.S. downloads sold for “Heat Waves.”

11: Number of countries in Billboard‘s international charts menu in which “Heat Waves” has hit No. 1: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic/Czechia, Germany, Iceland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Slovakia and Switzerland.

2: Weeks that “Heat Waves” has not appeared on the Hot 100, dating to its debut. The song entered at No. 100 on Jan. 16, 2021, and fell off the ranking for two weeks, before re-entering at No. 91 that Feb. 6. The song has, thus, appeared on the Hot 100 over a span of 93 weeks since its debut. (It was released in June 2020.)

28: Total number of songs that have topped the Hot 100 since “Heat Waves” debuted on Jan. 16, 2021 (excluding “Heat Waves”). In chronological order, the leaders are 24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring iann dior (which was in its eighth and final week at No. 1); Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License,” Drake’s “What’s Next”; Cardi B’s “Up”; Justin Bieber’s “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon; Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”; Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open”; Polo G’s “Rapstar”; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears”; Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U”; BTS’ “Butter” and “Permission To Dance”; The Kid LAROI and Bieber’s “Stay”; Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future and Young Thug; Coldplay and BTS’ “My Universe”; Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s “Industry Baby”; Adele’s “Easy On Me”; Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”; Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”; Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto Cast’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (which dethroned “Heat Waves” upon its debut); Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems; Harlow’s “First Class”; Drake’s “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage; Lizzo’s “About Damn Time”; Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul”; Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl”; and Steve Lacy’s current leader “Bad Habit.”

1,266: Total number of songs that have charted on the Hot 100 alongside “Heat Waves” since its debut.

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