Songs · UK Singles Chart

No Matter How I Try

Gilbert O'Sullivan

Entered Nov 21, 1971 · peaked at #5 on Dec 12, 1971 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 27, 1972

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Record Power
29.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
November 1971 – February 1972

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
Gilbert O'Sullivanprimary100%29.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 12, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1Ernie (the Fastest Milkman in the West)Benny Hill
  2. #2JeepsterT. Rex
  3. #3Coz I Luv YouSlade
  4. #4Theme From ShaftIsaac Hayes
  5. #5No Matter How I TryGilbert O'Sullivan
  6. #6Tokoloshe ManJohn Kongos
  7. #7Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight)Cilla Black
  8. #8Gypsys, Tramps & ThievesCher
  9. #9Banks Of The OhioOlivia Newton-John
  10. #10TillTom Jones

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