Songs · UK Singles Chart

Whisky in the Jar

Thin Lizzy

Entered Jan 14, 1973 · peaked at #6 on Feb 18, 1973 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 1, 1973

Record Power
22.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
January 1973 – April 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
Thin Lizzyprimary100%23.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 18, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1BlockbusterThe Sweet
  2. #2Part of the UnionStrawbs
  3. #3Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!)Gary Glitter
  4. #4SylviaFocus
  5. #5Cindy IncidentallyFaces
  6. #6Whisky in the JarThin Lizzy
  7. #7DanielElton John
  8. #8Roll Over BeethovenElectric Light Orchestra
  9. #9Looking Through the Eyes of LoveThe Partridge Family
  10. #10Baby I Love YouDave Edmunds