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Split Enz

Entered May 17, 1981 · 4 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 7, 1981

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Record Power
1.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#63
1 week there · May 17, 1981
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
4
May 1981 – June 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
Split Enzprimary100%1.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 17, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Stand and DeliverAdam & the Ants
  2. #2You Drive Me CrazyShakin' Stevens
  3. #3Stars on 45Starsound
  4. #4Chequered LoveKim Wilde
  5. #5Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are on Their Way to Wembley)Tottenham Hotspur F.A. Cup Final Squad
  6. #6Swords of a Thousand MenTenpole Tudor
  7. #7Keep On Loving YouREO Speedwagon
  8. #8Grey DayMadness
  9. #9Chi Mai (Theme from 'Life and Times of David Lloyd George')Ennio Morricone
  10. #10Bette Davis EyesKim Carnes

The #1 songs of 1981

1981 in music →

Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1981.

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