Songs · UK Singles Chart
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Entered Jan 17, 1982 · peaked at #1 on Feb 28, 1982 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 25, 1982
- Record Power
- 32.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 8
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 15
- January 1982 – April 1982
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tight Fit | primary | 100% | 32.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 28, 1982 on the timeline →- #1The Lion Sleeps TonightTight Fit
- #2MickeyToni Basil
- #3Town Called Malice/PreciousThe Jam
- #4Love Plus OneHaircut 100
- #5CenterfoldThe J. Geils Band
- #6It Aint What You Do It's the Way That You Do ItThe Fun Boy Three & Bananarama
- #7Say Hello Wave GoodbyeSoft Cell
- #8See YouDepeche Mode
- #9Golden BrownThe Stranglers
- #10Maid of Orleans (the Waltz of Joan of Arc)Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
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