Songs · UK Singles Chart

On a Slow Boat to China

Emile Ford and the Checkmates

Entered Feb 5, 1960 · peaked at #3 on Mar 10, 1960 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen May 12, 1960

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Record Power
33.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
February 1960 – May 1960

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
Emile Ford and the Checkmatesprimary100%33.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 10, 1960 on the timeline →
  1. #1Poor MeAdam Faith
  2. #2Running BearJohnny Preston
  3. #3On a Slow Boat to ChinaEmile Ford and the Checkmates
  4. #4WhyAnthony Newley
  5. #5Summer SetMr. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
  6. #6Pretty Blue EyesCraig Douglas
  7. #7You Got What It TakesMarv Johnson
  8. #8DelawarePerry Como
  9. #9La Mer (Beyond the Sea)Bobby Darin
  10. #10Voice in the WildernessCliff Richard And The Shadows

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On a Slow Boat to China — Emile Ford and the Checkmates · ChartReign