Songs · UK Singles Chart
The Banana Boat Song
Entered Feb 15, 1957 · peaked at #8 on Mar 29, 1957 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 19, 1957
- Record Power
- 21.0
- 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
- 10
- February 1957 – April 1957
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Bassey | primary | 100% | 23.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 29, 1957 on the timeline →- #1Young LoveTab Hunter
- #2Don't Forbid MePat Boone
- #3Long Tall SallyLittle Richard
- #3Knee Deep in the BluesGuy Mitchell
- #5The Banana Boat SongHarry Belafonte
- #6Don't You Rock Me Daddy-OLonnie Donegan
- #7True LoveBing Crosby & Grace Kelly
- #8The Banana Boat SongShirley Bassey
- #9Singing the BluesGuy Mitchell
- #10The Garden of EdenFrankie Vaughan