Currently, "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" is tied with "Hey Jude" for third amongst longest-running number-one songs by British artists on the Billboard pop charts, behind "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (14 weeks, 1997-1998) and "We Found Love" by Rihanna with Calvin Harris (10 weeks, 2011).
1997 | 1997 in music | Gone with the Wind | Titanic (1997 film) | United Kingdom general election, 1997 | Gone with the Wind (film) | Earth, Wind & Fire | 1997–98 in English football | The Wind in the Willows | 1997 ATP Tour | 1997 in baseball | The Wind and the Lion | Canadian federal election, 1997 | 1997 in film | wind turbine | 1997 Mediterranean Games | Seven Years in Tibet (1997 film) | Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | 1997 Copa América | Wind | Pippi Longstocking (1997 TV series) | Hercules (1997 film) | 1997 Asian financial crisis | Wind River | Wind Beneath My Wings | Bell, Book and Candle | wind tunnel | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Gone With the Wind | 1997 World Series of Poker |
In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart whilst Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" was at number-one.
Currently, "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" is tied with Hey Jude for third amongst longest-running No. 1 songs by British artists on the Billboard pop charts, behind "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (14 weeks, 1997-1998) and "We Found Love" by Rihanna with British artist Calvin Harris (10 weeks, 2011).