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Freshies

Entered Feb 8, 1981 · 3 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 22, 1981

Record Power
1.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#54
1 week there · Feb 15, 1981
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
3
February 1981 – February 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
Freshiesprimary100%1.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 15, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Shaddup You FaceJoe Dolce Music Theatre
  2. #2ViennaUltravox
  3. #3WomanJohn Lennon
  4. #4I SurrenderRainbow
  5. #5In The Air TonightPhil Collins
  6. #6The Oldest Swinger in TownFred Wedlock
  7. #7The Return of the Los Palmas SevenMadness
  8. #8Romeo and JulietDire Straits
  9. #9Rock This TownStray Cats
  10. #10We'll Bring the House DownSlade

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