Songs · UK Singles Chart

Chain Gang

Jimmy Young

Entered Mar 16, 1956 · peaked at #9 on Mar 23, 1956 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 20, 1956

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Record Power
13.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
6
March 1956 – April 1956

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
Jimmy Youngprimary100%13.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 23, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1It's Almost TomorrowDreamweavers
  2. #2Rock and Roll WaltzKay Starr
  3. #3Memories Are Made of ThisDean Martin
  4. #4Only YouHilltoppers
  5. #5The Poor People of ParisWinifred Atwell
  6. #6ZambesiLou Busch
  7. #7See You Later AlligatorBill Haley And His Comets
  8. #8Memories Are Made of ThisDave King & the Keynotes
  9. #9Chain GangJimmy Young
  10. #10Band of GoldDon Cherry

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