Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Ballad of Lucy Jordan

Marianne Faithfull

Entered Nov 18, 1979 · peaked at #48 on Dec 2, 1979 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 23, 1979

Record Power
3.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
6
November 1979 – December 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
Marianne Faithfullprimary100%3.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 2, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1Walking on the MoonThe Police
  2. #2Another Brick in the WallPink Floyd
  3. #3No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
  4. #4When You're In Love With A Beautiful WomanDr. Hook
  5. #5Que Sera Mi VidaThe Gibson Brothers
  6. #6I Only Want To Be With YouThe Tourists
  7. #7Crazy Little Thing Called LoveQueen
  8. #8ComplexGary Numan
  9. #9Confusion/Last Train to LondonElectric Light Orchestra
  10. #10One Step Beyond...Madness