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Theme from 'Et (the Extra-Terrestrial)

John Williams

Entered Dec 12, 1982 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 13, 1983

Record Power
11.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#17
1 week there · Jan 9, 1983
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
10
December 1982 – February 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 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
John Williamsprimary100%11.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 9, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1You Can't Hurry LovePhil Collins
  2. #2A Winter's TaleDavid Essex
  3. #3Save Your LoveRenee and Renato
  4. #4Orville's SongKeith Harris and Orville
  5. #5Best Years of Our LivesModern Romance
  6. #6The Story of the BluesWah!
  7. #7Down UnderMen At Work
  8. #8Time (Clock Of The Heart)Culture Club
  9. #9Buffalo GalsMalcolm McLaren and the World's Famous Supreme Team
  10. #10If You Can't Stand the HeatBucks Fizz

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