“Heat Waves” spends 91 weeks on chart

Glass Animals have made history yet again with their global hit “Heat Waves.” The track smashed the record for “the longest charting song by a group in Billboard Hot 100 history,” marking the British group with “the longest charting song by any artist in Billboard Hot 100 history,” as “Heat Waves” hits 91 total weeks on the chart.

“Wow, all I can say is wow. Many of you know when I wrote this song I was writing about missing someone I loved very dearly. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that it would lead to so much love and connection across the globe,” frontman Dave Bayley tells Billboard. “You all have done that. Thank you to everyone who has helped this song reach so many people. You know who you are. Thank you.”

The song has also gone 5x Platinum, in addition to amassing 9.5 billion global streams, two billion Spotify global streams and nearly 410 million YouTube views on the music video to date. It also ranks among the Top 20 “most streamed songs of all-time on Spotify.” Additionally, the band recently took home the top honor of “Song of the Year” at the 2022 SESAC Music Awards in a tie.

With a historic climb to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, taking an unprecedented 59 weeks, the band remained in the top spot for five weeks in a row, No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 Chart for six weeks in a row, and No. 1 on the Billboard Radio Songs Chart for six weeks and Billboard Global Excl. US Chart for three weeks. “Heat Waves” also tied for the sixth-longest No. 1 run by British Groups in the Hot 100’s history, alongside The Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” & “Get Back” and Wings’ “Silly Love Songs.” Not to mention, frontman Dave Bayley hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songwriters chart, a career first, and “Heat Waves” became the first No. 1 written, produced, and performed by one artist since Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” in 2014.

This exciting news follows Glass Animals’ recent sold out shows at New York’s Brooklyn Mirage and London’s Village Underground as part of the special Dreamland.IRL shows to celebrate their special Dreamland: Real Life Edition release. On the two year anniversary of their critically acclaimed third album Dreamland, the band unveiled Dreamland: Real Life Edition for fans who have been on this incredible journey as they’ve taken the world by storm over the past few years.

Now one of the UK’s most sought after production and writing talents, earlier this summer, Dave Bayley teamed up with Florence + The Machine to co-write and co-produce several songs on her new No. 1 album, Dance Fever, including her lead single “My Love” and tracks “Dream Girl Evil,” “Prayer Factory,” “Heaven Is Here,” “Daffodil,” “Restraint,” and “Morning Elvis,” with Bayley’s production described as “Nick Cave at the Club.”