by two co-billed male leads with no other accompanying acts since George Michael and Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1992). Due to the large airplay lead of "Without Me" by Halsey, "Sunflower" descended to number two the following week. It continuously shuffled within the top five the following four months, going so far as to return to the runner-up spot in March and April. The song spent 33 non-consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100, tying both Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" and Maroon 5's "Girls Like You", featuring Cardi B, for the longest top 10 run in the chart's archives. Malone's "Circles" broke the mentioned record in 2020, spending 38 consecutive weeks in the top 10. "Sunflower" topped the Canadian Hot 100 for two consecutive weeks. According to the IFPI, "Sunflower" the was fourth most successful song of 2019, selling 13.4 million global equivalents-units. In the US, according to Nielsen Soundscan, it was the second-best performing R&B/hip-hop song of 2019, with 6.3 million equivalent units, including 668,000 digital downloads, and the fourth-best performing song on radio on that format. Awards and nominations Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts All-time charts Certifications Release history Other versions A remix of the song, featuring new lyrics performed by Nicky Jam and Prince Royce, was released on February 22, 2019, as a bonus track in a deluxe version of the soundtrack of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. American indie pop band Vampire Weekend covered "Sunflower" on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, in reference to their single of the same name from Father of the Bride (2019). See also List of best-selling singles in Australia List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2019 List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2019 List of number-one singles of 2019 (Australia) List of number-one songs of 2018 (Malaysia) References Notes Citations 2018 singles 2018 songs 2010s ballads Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles Contemporary R&B ballads Dream pop songs Number-one singles in Australia Number-one singles in Malaysia Number-one singles in New Zealand Pop ballads Post Malone songs Republic Records singles Songs written by Louis Bell Songs written by Post Malone Songs written by Swae Lee Songs written for films Songs written for animated films Songs from Spider-Man films Swae Lee songs Male vocal duets Song recordings produced by Louis Bell Songs about flowers