Songs · UK Singles Chart
It Ain't Necessarily So
Entered Nov 25, 1984 · peaked at #16 on Jan 13, 1985 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 17, 1985
- Record Power
- 13.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 12
- November 1984 – February 1985
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronski Beat | primary | 100% | 13.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 13, 1985 on the timeline →- #1I Want To Know What Love IsForeigner
- #2Do They Know It's Christmas?Band-Aid
- #3Last Christmas/Everything She WantsWham!
- #4Like A VirginMadonna
- #5ShoutTears For Fears
- #6I Know Him So WellElaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
- #7GhostbustersRay Parker Jr.
- #8Step Off (Part 1)Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five
- #9Everything Must ChangePaul Young
- #10Since YesterdayStrawberry Switchblade
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