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Touch of Velvet - Sting of Brass

Ron Grainer Orchestra

Entered Dec 3, 1978 · 7 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 14, 1979

Record Power
2.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#60
1 week there · Dec 31, 1978
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
7
December 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 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Ron Grainer Orchestraprimary100%2.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 31, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1Y.M.C.A.Village People
  2. #2Mary's Boy ChildBoney M
  3. #3Lay Your Love on MeRacey
  4. #4A Taste of AggroThe Barron Knights
  5. #5Song for GuyElton John
  6. #6Hit Me with Your Rhythm StickIan and the Blockheads
  7. #7You Don't Bring Me FlowersBarbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
  8. #8Too Much HeavenBee Gees
  9. #9I Lost My Heart to a Starship TrooperSarah Brightman & Hot Gossip
  10. #10Le FreakChic

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