Songs · UK Singles Chart

Telstar

Tornados

Entered Aug 30, 1962 · peaked at #1 on Oct 4, 1962 · 25 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 14, 1963

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Record Power
62.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
5
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
16
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
25
August 1962 – February 1963

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
Tornadosprimary100%61.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 4, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1TelstarTornados
  2. #2She's Not YouElvis Presley
  3. #3It'll Be MeCliff Richard
  4. #4SheilaTommy Roe
  5. #5The Loco-MotionLittle Eva
  6. #6It Might As Well Rain Until SeptemberCarole King
  7. #7Sealed With A KissBrian Hyland
  8. #8I Remember YouFrank Ifield
  9. #9You Don't Know MeRay Charles
  10. #10Don't That Beat AllAdam Faith

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