Songs · UK Singles Chart

Life on Mars

David Bowie

Entered Jun 24, 1973 · peaked at #3 on Jul 8, 1973 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 22, 2016

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Record Power
33.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
18
June 1973 – January 2016

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
David Bowieprimary100%32.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 8, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1Skweeze Me Pleeze MeSlade
  2. #2Welcome HomePeters and Lee
  3. #3Life on MarsDavid Bowie
  4. #4Snoopy Versus the Red BaronHotshots
  5. #5Born to Be with YouDave Edmunds
  6. #6Rubber Bullets10cc
  7. #7Take Me to the Mardi GrasPaul Simon
  8. #8Albatross {1973}Fleetwood Mac
  9. #9Saturday Night's Alright For FightingElton John
  10. #10Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace On Earth)George Harrison

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