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Songs · UK Singles Chart

Runaround Sue

Doug Sheldon

Entered Nov 9, 1961 · 3 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 23, 1961

Record Power
2.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#36
1 week there · Nov 16, 1961
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
3
November 1961 – November 1961

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 it 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
Doug Sheldonprimary100%2.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 16, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1His Latest Flame/Little SistersElvis Presley
  2. #2Walking Back to HappinessHelen Shapiro
  3. #3Big Bad JohnJimmy Dean
  4. #4When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your HeartCliff Richard
  5. #5The Time Has ComeAdam Faith
  6. #6Take FiveDave Brubeck
  7. #7Take Good Care Of My BabyBobby Vee
  8. #8Wild WindJohn Leyton
  9. #9Bless YouTony Orlando
  10. #10Sucu SucuLaurie Johnson

The #1 songs of 1961

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Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1961.

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