Songs · UK Singles Chart
Orville's Song
Entered Dec 12, 1982 · peaked at #4 on Jan 9, 1983 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 20, 1983
- Record Power
- 18.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 11
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Harris | primary | 50% | 9.8 |
| Orville | primary | 50% | 9.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 9, 1983 on the timeline →- #1You Can't Hurry LovePhil Collins
- #2A Winter's TaleDavid Essex
- #3Save Your LoveRenee and Renato
- #4Orville's SongKeith Harris & Orville
- #5Best Years of Our LivesModern Romance
- #6The Story of the BluesWah!
- #7Down UnderMen At Work
- #8Time (Clock Of The Heart)Culture Club
- #9Buffalo GalsMalcolm McLaren and the World's Famous Supreme Team
- #10If You Can't Stand the HeatBucks Fizz