Artists · UK Singles Chart

Bobby McFerrin

Charting Sep 18, 1988 → Jan 15, 1989 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 26 wk (2 at #1), UK Singles Chart 16 wk

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Photo: Steve Jurvetson at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 26 wk UK Singles Chart · 16 wk Global Music Power · 26 wk

Peak Power: 1.44%; week of Nov 13, 1988
Career Power: 23; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 23; January 1988 – January 1989
Peak Five Years: 23; January 1984 – January 1989
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 16; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.40%; week of Oct 16, 1988
Comebacks: 0; none detected

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

2 records · 23 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Don't Worry Be HappyApple Music	#2October 1988	11	September 1988 – November 1988	20.6	20.5
Thinking About Your Body	#46December 1988	5	December 1988 – January 1989	2.5	2.5

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