Songs · UK Singles Chart

Pretend

Nat King Cole

Entered Apr 24, 1953 · peaked at #2 on May 8, 1953 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 21, 1953

Apple Music
Record Power
54.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
18
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
18
April 1953 – August 1953

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Nat King Coleprimary100%53.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 8, 1953 on the timeline →
  1. #1I BelieveFrankie Laine
  2. #2PretendNat King Cole
  3. #3Pretty Little Black Eyed SusieGuy Mitchell
  4. #4Oh Happy DayJohnston Brothers
  5. #5(How Much Is) That Doggie in the WindowLita Roza
  6. #6She Wears Red FeathersGuy Mitchell
  7. #7DownheartedEddie Fisher
  8. #8Somebody Stole My GalJohnnie Ray
  9. #9Tell Me a StoryJimmy Boyd & Frankie Laine
  10. #10In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)Billy Cotton and His Band

30-second previews and store links from Apple Music.