Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” just broke the record for most weeks at #1 on Billboard’s *Alternative Songs chart (20 weeks at the top).
The new longest-running #1 in the chart’s 29-year history breaks a tie with Muse’s “Madness” which ruled for 19 weeks in 2012.
Most Weeks at No. 1 on Alternative Songs
20, “Feel It Still,” Portugal. The Man, 2017
19, “Madness,” Muse, 2012-13
18, “The Pretender,” Foo Fighters, 2007
17, “Uprising,” Muse, 2009-10
16, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Green Day, 2004-05
16, “It’s Been Awhile,” Staind, 2001
16, “Scar Tissue,” Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1999
… in addition to its 20-week (and counting) stay on top of the Alternative Songs chart
- the song has had 17 weeks at #1 on the Rock Airplay chart
- 11 on Adult Alternative Songs
- 5 each on the Radio Songs chart and Dance/Mix Airplay
- 4 on Adult Pop Songs
- 3 weeks at #1 on the Pop Songs chart.
Portugal. The Man (Fact sheet)
They are…
- from Portland, Oregon
- John Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O’Quin, Jason Sechrist and Eric Howk
- Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together originally at Wasilla High School in Wasilla, Alaska.
- “Portugal. The Man” was going to be the name of a book that Gourley had planned to write about his father
- the band was formed in 2004 in Portland
- in 2010, the band signed to Atlantic Records
- before forming Portugal. The Man, John Gourley formed a punk band called Anatomy Of A Ghost and even released an album in 2003 (on Fearless Records)
The band is touring right now and will be in Vancouver February 2nd (and 3rd) and then Edmonton and Calgary on the 5th and 6th.
Go ahead sing along…
Can’t keep my hands to myself
Think I’ll dust ’em off, put ’em back up on the shelf
In case my little baby girl is in need
Am I coming out of left field?
Ooh woo, I’m a rebel just for kicks, now
I been feeling it since 1966, now
Might be over now, but I feel it still
Ooh woo, I’m a rebel just for kicks, now
Let me kick it like it’s 1986, now
Might be over now, but I feel it still
Got another mouth to feed
Leave her with a baby sitter, mama, call the grave digger
Gone with the fallen leaves
Am I coming out of left field?
Ooh woo, I’m a rebel just for kicks, now
I been feeling it since 1966, now
Might’ve had your fill, but you feel it still
Ooh woo, I’m a rebel just for kicks, now
Let me kick it like it’s 1986, now
Might be over now, but I feel it still
We could…
