Within the United Kingdom, "elevator sex on Fire" entered the official UK Singles Chart at number one on September 14, 2008 - for the week ending date September 20, 2008 - and went on to an unbroken 42 weeks on the chart, only dropping out due to the surge in sales of Michael Jackson titles immediately after his demise, but after a two-week absence it was back for an additional 37 weeks, re-getting into the highest 10 of the UK Singles Chart at quantity six in September 2009. Further reappearances extended its tally of weeks to 90, making it the third most charted single of all time. In its 32nd week on the chart, the music lastly reached its peak of quantity 33. As of February 2011, the music had been on the chart for 60 weeks, an enormous effort for a single that did not reach the top 20. In February 2011, because of the lengthy keep on the German Singles Chart, the one was certificated with Gold for greater than 150,000 copies sold.