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Direct Drive

Entered Dec 16, 1984 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 3, 1985

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Record Power
2.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#67
1 week there · Jan 27, 1985
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
8
December 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 it 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
Direct Driveprimary100%2.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 27, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Want To Know What Love IsForeigner
  2. #2I Know Him So WellElaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
  3. #31999/Little Red CorvettePrince
  4. #4Love and Pride {1985}King
  5. #5ShoutTears For Fears
  6. #6SolidAshford & Simpson
  7. #7Since YesterdayStrawberry Switchblade
  8. #8AtmosphereRuss Abbot
  9. #9Like A VirginMadonna
  10. #10Dancing In The DarkBruce Springsteen

The #1 songs of 1985

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Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1985.

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