Songs · UK Singles Chart

Paper Plane

The Status Quo

Entered Jan 7, 1973 · peaked at #8 on Feb 4, 1973 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 18, 1973

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Record Power
18.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
January 1973 – March 1973

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
The Status Quoprimary100%19.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 4, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1BlockbusterThe Sweet
  2. #2Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!)Gary Glitter
  3. #3Part of the UnionStrawbs
  4. #4You're So VainCarly Simon
  5. #5DanielElton John
  6. #6Long Haired Lover from LiverpoolLittle Jimmy Osmond
  7. #7Wishing WellFree
  8. #8Paper PlaneThe Status Quo
  9. #9SylviaFocus
  10. #10Roll Over BeethovenElectric Light Orchestra

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