Songs · UK Singles Chart
Backstrokin
Entered Aug 3, 1980 · peaked at #41 on Aug 17, 1980 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 28, 1980
- Record Power
- 5.5
- 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
- 9
- August 1980 – September 1980
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 Fatback Band | primary | 100% | 5.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 17, 1980 on the timeline →- #1Ashes to AshesDavid Bowie
- #2The Winner Takes It AllABBA
- #3StartThe Jam
- #49 to 5Sheena Easton
- #5Upside DownDiana Ross
- #6Oh Yeah (on the Radio)Roxy Music
- #7Oops Upside Your HeadThe Gap Band
- #8Feels Like I'm in LoveKelly Marie
- #9Tom HarkThe Piranhas
- #10Give Me The NightGeorge Benson