Songs · UK Singles Chart
Lay Down Your Arms
Entered Aug 24, 1956 · peaked at #1 on Sep 21, 1956 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 23, 1956
- Record Power
- 41.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 11
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 14
- August 1956 – November 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Shelton | primary | 100% | 44.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 21, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Lay Down Your ArmsAnne Shelton
- #2Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)Doris Day
- #3Rockin' Through the RyeBill Haley And His Comets
- #4The Ying Tong Song/Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll CallGoons
- #5The Great Pretender/Only YouThe Platters
- #6Why Do Fools Fall in Love ft Frankie LymonTeenagers feat. Frankie Lymon
- #6Sweet Old-Fashioned GirlTeresa Brewer
- #6Walk Hand in HandTony Martin
- #9Bring a Little Water Sylvie/Dead or AliveLonnie Donegan
- #10Mountain GreeneryMel Torme
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