Hold Me Closer is #47 on this week's Australian singles chart, spending a 16th week in the Top 50 
Longest charting songs in Australia:
23 weeks - …Baby One More Time
22 weeks - Piece of Me
21 weeks - Scream & Shout
19 weeks - Sometimes
18 weeks - Gimme More
18 weeks - Circus
17 weeks - Womanizer
16 weeks - Hold Me Closer
16 weeks - (You Drive Me) Crazy
16 weeks - 3
16 weeks - Till the World Ends
15 weeks - Me Against the Music
14 weeks - Lucky
14 weeks - Stronger
13 weeks - I Love Rock ’n’ Roll
13 weeks - My Prerogative
13 weeks - Do Somethin’
12 weeks - Boys
12 weeks - Hold It Against Me
11 weeks - I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
11 weeks - Break the Ice
10 weeks - Oops!…I Did It Again
9 weeks - Overprotected
9 weeks - Toxic*
9 weeks - I Wanna Go
8 weeks - I’m a Slave 4 U
7 weeks - Pretty Girls
6 weeks - Work B**ch
5 weeks - From the Bottom of My Broken Heart
4 weeks - Everytime*
2 weeks - Make Me…
1 week - Radar
*Everytime and Toxic had limited releases in order to boost album sales

Longest charting songs in Australia:
23 weeks - …Baby One More Time
22 weeks - Piece of Me
21 weeks - Scream & Shout
19 weeks - Sometimes
18 weeks - Gimme More
18 weeks - Circus
17 weeks - Womanizer
16 weeks - Hold Me Closer
16 weeks - (You Drive Me) Crazy
16 weeks - 3
16 weeks - Till the World Ends
15 weeks - Me Against the Music
14 weeks - Lucky
14 weeks - Stronger
13 weeks - I Love Rock ’n’ Roll
13 weeks - My Prerogative
13 weeks - Do Somethin’
12 weeks - Boys
12 weeks - Hold It Against Me
11 weeks - I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
11 weeks - Break the Ice
10 weeks - Oops!…I Did It Again
9 weeks - Overprotected
9 weeks - Toxic*
9 weeks - I Wanna Go
8 weeks - I’m a Slave 4 U
7 weeks - Pretty Girls
6 weeks - Work B**ch
5 weeks - From the Bottom of My Broken Heart
4 weeks - Everytime*
2 weeks - Make Me…
1 week - Radar
*Everytime and Toxic had limited releases in order to boost album sales
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