Songs · UK Singles Chart
White Lines (Don't Do It)
Entered Nov 6, 1983 · peaked at #7 on Jul 22, 1984 · 61 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 6, 2004
- Record Power
- 54.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 8
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 61
- November 1983 – June 2004
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandmaster Flash | primary | 50% | 27.5 |
| Melle Mel | primary | 50% | 27.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 22, 1984 on the timeline →- #1Two TribesFrankie Goes To Hollywood
- #2Hole in My ShoeNeil
- #3RelaxFrankie Goes To Hollywood
- #4When Doves CryPrince
- #5What's Love Got To Do With ItTina Turner
- #6Time After TimeCyndi Lauper
- #7White Lines (Don't Do It)Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
- #8Young at HeartThe Bluebells
- #9I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me {1984}Nik Kershaw
- #10Love ResurrectionAlison Moyet