Songs · UK Singles Chart

Living on the Ceiling

Blancmange

Entered Oct 24, 1982 · peaked at #7 on Nov 21, 1982 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 23, 1983

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Record Power
24.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
October 1982 – January 1983

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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Blancmangeprimary100%24.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 21, 1982 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Don't Wanna DanceEddy Grant
  2. #2Mirror ManThe Human League
  3. #3HeartbreakerDionne Warwick
  4. #4Young Guns (Go for It)Wham!
  5. #5Sexual HealingMarvin Gaye
  6. #6Mad WorldTears For Fears
  7. #7Living on the CeilingBlancmange
  8. #8Theme from Harry's GameClannad
  9. #9Save Your LoveRenee and Renato
  10. #10ManeaterDaryl Hall and John Oates

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