Songs · UK Singles Chart
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Entered Oct 29, 1978 · 4 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 19, 1978
- Record Power
- 2.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #42
- 1 week there · Nov 12, 1978
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 4
- October 1978 – November 1978
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 it 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munich Machine | primary | 100% | 2.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 12, 1978 on the timeline →- #1Rat TrapThe Boomtown Rats
- #2Hopelessly Devoted To YouOlivia Newton-John
- #3Summer NightsJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- #4SandyJohn Travolta
- #5My Best Friend's GirlThe Cars
- #6DarlinFrankie Miller
- #7Pretty Little Angel EyesShowaddywaddy
- #8Instant ReplayDan Hartman
- #9MacArthur ParkDonna Summer
- #10Blame It On The BoogieJackson 5
The #1 songs of 1978
1978 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1978.
- Mull of Kintyre/Girls' School · Wings
- Uptown Top Ranking · Althia and Donna
- Figaro · Brotherhood Of Man
- Take A Chance On Me · ABBA
- Wuthering Heights · Kate Bush
- Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs · Brian and Michael
- Night Fever · Bee Gees
- Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring · Boney M
- You're The One That I Want · John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- Three Times A Lady · Commodores
- Dreadlock Holiday · 10cc
- Summer Nights · John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- Rat Trap · The Boomtown Rats
- Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? · Rod Stewart
- Mary's Boy Child · Boney M
- Y.M.C.A. · Village People
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