Overview
- GfK Entertainment announced on Friday in Baden-Baden that the song now holds the all-time lead for most weeks atop the Official German Singles Chart.
- The track surpasses the previous benchmark shared with Udo Lindenberg & Apache 207's 'Komet', which logged 21 weeks at No. 1.
- Holiday music dominates the current Top 100, with Wham's 'Last Christmas' at No. 2, Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' at No. 4, and Shakin' Stevens' 'Merry Christmas Everyone' at No. 5.
- Reports differ on the seasonal surge, with AFP citing 48 other Christmas titles in the Top 100 and dpa reporting 49.
- dpa notes the 1994 single first reached No. 1 in Germany in 2019 and has accumulated 112 total chart weeks.