Songs · UK Singles Chart

Hanging on the Telephone

Blondie

Entered Nov 5, 1978 · peaked at #5 on Nov 26, 1978 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 21, 1979

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Record Power
21.9
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
November 1978 – January 1979

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
Blondieprimary100%22.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 26, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?Rod Stewart
  2. #2Rat TrapThe Boomtown Rats
  3. #3Hopelessly Devoted To YouOlivia Newton-John
  4. #4My Best Friend's GirlThe Cars
  5. #5Hanging on the TelephoneBlondie
  6. #6Pretty Little Angel EyesShowaddywaddy
  7. #7Mary's Boy ChildBoney M
  8. #8Instant ReplayDan Hartman
  9. #9I Lost My Heart to a Starship TrooperSarah Brightman & Hot Gossip
  10. #10DarlinFrankie Miller

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