Songs · UK Singles Chart
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
Entered Dec 10, 1978 · peaked at #5 on Feb 4, 1979 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 11, 1979
- Record Power
- 22.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 5
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 14
- December 1978 – March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shadows | primary | 100% | 22.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 4, 1979 on the timeline →- #1Heart Of GlassBlondie
- #2ChiquititaABBA
- #3Woman in LoveThe Three Degrees
- #4Hit Me with Your Rhythm StickIan and the Blockheads
- #5Don't Cry for Me ArgentinaThe Shadows
- #6Y.M.C.A.Village People
- #7I Was Made For DancinLeif Garrett
- #8SeptemberEarth, Wind & Fire
- #9Car 67Driver 67
- #10A Little More LoveOlivia Newton-John