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When You Were Sweet 16

The Fureys & Davie Arthur

Entered Oct 4, 1981 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 13, 1981

Record Power
15.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#14
2 weeks there · first Nov 8, 1981
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
October 1981 – December 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 Fureysprimary50%7.9
Davie Arthurprimary50%7.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 8, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicThe Police
  2. #2Happy BirthdayAltered Images
  3. #3When She Was My GirlFour Tops
  4. #4Labelled with LoveSqueeze
  5. #5Joan of ArcOrchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
  6. #6It's My PartyDave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
  7. #7Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)Julio Iglesias
  8. #8Under PressureQueen & David Bowie
  9. #9Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)Haircut 100
  10. #10Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)Rod Stewart

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