Coldplay - 'The Scientist'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"The Scientist": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 15 Aug 2002
  • Chart debut: #57 (26 Jun 2011)
  • Highest Position: #20 (31 Jan 2021)
  • Most recent chart position: #89 (10 Jun 2023)
  • Days on UK Songs Chart: 124

'The Scientist' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain, Australia and Brazil.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "The Scientist" (Coldplay)

UK Songs chart performance history for The Scientist

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2011 Jun 26 Sun 57 new Jason Derülo
Don't Wanna Go Home
27 Mon 53 up
28 Tue 63 down
29 Wed 67 down Beyoncé
Best Thing I Never Had
30 Thu 64 up
2011 Jul 1 Fri 83 down
2 Sat 99 down Example
Changed the Way You Kiss Me
5 Tue 86 re-entry DJ Fresh
Louder
6 Wed 55 up
7 Thu 55 no-move
8 Fri 51 up
9 Sat 53 down
10 Sun 49 up The Wanted
Glad You Came
11 Mon 50 down
12 Tue 51 down
13 Wed 52 down
14 Thu 60 down
15 Fri 63 down
16 Sat 76 down
17 Sun 76 no-move
18 Mon 83 down
19 Tue 70 up
20 Wed 72 down
21 Thu 75 down
22 Fri 66 up
23 Sat 62 up
24 Sun 77 down JLS
She Makes Me Wanna
25 Mon 78 down
26 Tue 82 down
27 Wed 86 down
28 Thu 86 no-move
29 Fri 86 no-move
30 Sat 86 no-move
2011 Oct 16 Sun 64 re-entry Rihanna
We Found Love
17 Mon 63 up
18 Tue 68 down
19 Wed 85 down
20 Thu 95 down
2012 Sep 10 Mon 53 re-entry Amelia Lily
You Bring Me Joy
11 Tue 64 down
12 Wed 72 down
13 Thu 84 down The Script
Hall of Fame
14 Fri 95 down
2012 Nov 13 Tue 88 re-entry One Direction
Little Things
14 Wed 66 up
15 Thu 63 up
16 Fri 71 down
17 Sat 70 up
18 Sun 84 down Olly Murs
Troublemaker
28 Wed 96 re-entry Bruno Mars
Locked Out of Heaven
29 Thu 82 up
30 Fri 71 up
2012 Dec 1 Sat 77 down
2 Sun 83 down Gabrielle Aplin
The Power of Love
3 Mon 79 up
2013 Apr 7 Sun 91 re-entry Duke Dumont
Need U
9 Tue 70 re-entry
10 Wed 75 down Judy Garland (Et Al.)
Ding-Dong! the Witch Is Dead
11 Thu 82 down
12 Fri 85 down
13 Sat 100 down Duke Dumont
Need U
2014 Jul 2 Wed 82 re-entry Ariana Grande
Problem
3 Thu 81 up
4 Fri 83 down
5 Sat 82 up
6 Sun 92 down will.i.am
It’s My Birthday
7 Mon 88 up
8 Tue 94 down
9 Wed 88 up
10 Thu 95 down
2015 Feb 12 Thu 87 re-entry Ellie Goulding
Love Me Like You Do
2016 Jun 10 Fri 93 re-entry The Stone Roses
Beautiful Thing
11 Sat 74 up Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners
This Girl - Single
12 Sun 69 up
13 Mon 69 no-move
14 Tue 76 down
15 Wed 73 up
16 Thu 64 up
17 Fri 59 up
18 Sat 60 down
19 Sun 60 no-move
20 Mon 55 up
21 Tue 57 down
22 Wed 61 down
23 Thu 69 down
24 Fri 89 down
25 Sat 82 up
26 Sun 87 down
27 Mon 31 up
28 Tue 32 down
29 Wed 55 down
30 Thu 72 down
5 Mon 95 re-entry Ariana Grande
One Last Time
28 Sun 56 re-entry Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo
Savage Love
29 Mon 96 down
2021 Jan 31 Sun 20 re-entry Nathan Evans
Wellerman
2021 Feb 1 Mon 31 down
2 Tue 62 down
3 Wed 85 down Master KG
Jerusalema
2021 Oct 25 Mon 92 no-move ADELE
Easy On Me
2022 Aug 15 Mon 90 no-move LF SYSTEM
Afraid To Feel
15 Mon 93 down
15 Mon 94 down
17 Wed 86 no-move Darius
Colourblind
17 Wed 88 no-move
17 Wed 88 no-move
19 Fri 85 up BLACKPINK
Pink Venom
19 Fri 85 no-move
19 Fri 85 no-move
22 Mon 62 no-move LF SYSTEM
Afraid To Feel
22 Mon 62 no-move
22 Mon 62 no-move
24 Wed 59 no-move
24 Wed 59 no-move
24 Wed 56 up
26 Fri 83 no-move Elton John & Britney Spears
Hold Me Closer
26 Fri 72 no-move
26 Fri 72 no-move
2022 Oct 23 Sun 51 no-move David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
I'm Good
24 Mon 65 no-move
25 Tue 90 down Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Unholy
2023 Jun 1 Thu 96 no-move Kylie Minogue
Padam Padam
8 Thu 88 re-entry
10 Sat 89 re-entry Bts
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