Songs · UK Singles Chart

Tahiti

David Essex

Entered Aug 14, 1983 · peaked at #8 on Oct 2, 1983 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 30, 1983

Record Power
16.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
August 1983 – October 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
David Essexprimary100%16.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 2, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1Karma ChameleonCulture Club
  2. #2Modern LoveDavid Bowie
  3. #3Red Red WineUB40
  4. #4Dear PrudenceSiouxsie & The Banshees
  5. #5This Is Not a Love SongPublic Image Limited
  6. #6Come Back And StayPaul Young
  7. #7Tonight I Celebrate My LovePeabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
  8. #8TahitiDavid Essex
  9. #9They Don't KnowTracey Ullman
  10. #10Blue MondayNew Order
Tahiti — David Essex · ChartReign