Songs · UK Singles Chart
Wanna Be Startin' Something
Entered Jun 5, 1983 · peaked at #8 on Jun 19, 1983 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 31, 1983
- Record Power
- 13.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 9
- June 1983 – July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jackson | primary | 100% | 12.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 19, 1983 on the timeline →- #1Every Breath You TakeThe Police
- #2Baby JaneRod Stewart
- #3China GirlDavid Bowie
- #4Flashdance...What A FeelingIrene Cara
- #5Bad BoysWham!
- #6I Guess That's Why They Call It The BluesElton John
- #7Waiting for a TrainFlash And The Pan
- #8Wanna Be Startin' SomethingMichael Jackson
- #9Nobody's DiaryYazoo
- #10When We Were YoungBucks Fizz