Songs · UK Singles Chart
Careless Whisper
Entered Jul 29, 1984 · peaked at #1 on Aug 12, 1984 · 24 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 25, 2024
- Record Power
- 42.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 8
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 24
- July 1984 – October 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Michael | primary | 100% | 43.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 12, 1984 on the timeline →- #1Careless WhisperGeorge Michael
- #2AgadooBlack Lace
- #3Two TribesFrankie Goes To Hollywood
- #4Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)Hazell Dean
- #5What's Love Got To Do With ItTina Turner
- #6Self ControlLaura Branigan
- #7RelaxFrankie Goes To Hollywood
- #8When Doves CryPrince
- #9White Lines (Don't Do It)Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
- #10Like To Get To Know You WellHoward Jones
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