Songs · UK Singles Chart

Hold Me Close

David Essex

Entered Sep 7, 1975 · peaked at #1 on Sep 28, 1975 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 9, 1975

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Record Power
26.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
10
September 1975 – November 1975

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 Essexprimary100%26.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 28, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1Hold Me CloseDavid Essex
  2. #2SailingRod Stewart
  3. #3There Goes My First LoveThe Drifters
  4. #4I Only Have Eyes For YouArt Garfunkel
  5. #5MoonlightingLeo Sayer
  6. #6Funky Moped/Magic RoundaboutJasper Carrott
  7. #7HeartbeatShowaddywaddy
  8. #8I'm On Fire5000 Volts
  9. #9Fattie Bum BumCarl Malcolm
  10. #10Una Paloma BlancaJonathan King

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