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The Alarm

Entered Feb 24, 1985 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 31, 1985

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Record Power
4.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#35
1 week there · Mar 17, 1985
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
6
February 1985 – March 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
The Alarmprimary100%4.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 17, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1Easy LoverPhilip Bailey & Phil Collins
  2. #2That Ole Devil Called LoveAlison Moyet
  3. #3Material GirlMadonna
  4. #4Every Time You Go AwayPaul Young
  5. #5KISS MeStephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy
  6. #6You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)Dead Or Alive
  7. #7Do What You DoJermaine Jackson
  8. #8The Last KISSDavid Cassidy
  9. #9We Close Our EyesGo West
  10. #10I Know Him So WellElaine Paige & Barbara Dickson

The #1 songs of 1985

1985 in music →

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

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