Songs · UK Singles Chart
Mary's Boy Child
Entered Nov 26, 1978 · peaked at #1 on Dec 3, 1978 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 14, 1979
- Record Power
- 24.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 8
- 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boney M | primary | 100% | 24.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 3, 1978 on the timeline →- #1Mary's Boy ChildBoney M
- #2Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?Rod Stewart
- #3Too Much HeavenBee Gees
- #4A Taste of AggroThe Barron Knights
- #5Rat TrapThe Boomtown Rats
- #6I Lost My Heart to a Starship TrooperSarah Brightman & Hot Gossip
- #7Hanging on the TelephoneBlondie
- #8Le FreakChic
- #9Always and Forever/Mind Blowing DecisionsHeatwave
- #10Hopelessly Devoted To YouOlivia Newton-John
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