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I'm in Love with a German Film Star

The Passions

Entered Jan 25, 1981 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 15, 1981

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Record Power
8.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#25
1 week there · Feb 22, 1981
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
8
January 1981 – March 1981

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
The Passionsprimary100%9.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 22, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Shaddup You FaceJoe Dolce Music Theatre
  2. #2ViennaUltravox
  3. #3I SurrenderRainbow
  4. #4WomanJohn Lennon
  5. #5St Valentine's Day Massacre (Ep)Motorhead & Girlschool
  6. #6Jealous GuyRoxy Music
  7. #7The Return of the Los Palmas SevenMadness
  8. #8(Do) the HucklebuckCoast to Coast
  9. #9Southern FreeezFreeez
  10. #10The Oldest Swinger in TownFred Wedlock

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