Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Unforgettable Fire

U2

Entered Apr 28, 1985 · peaked at #6 on May 5, 1985 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 18, 1985

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Record Power
12.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
April 1985 – August 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
U2primary100%12.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 5, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #119Paul Hardcastle
  2. #2Move CloserPhyllis Nelson
  3. #3I Feel Love (Medley)Bronski Beat & Marc Almond
  4. #4Everybody Wants To Rule The WorldTears For Fears
  5. #5We Are The WorldUSA For Africa
  6. #6The Unforgettable FireU2
  7. #7Feel So RealSteve Arrington
  8. #8Don't You (Forget About Me)Simple Minds
  9. #9Rhythm Of The NightDebarge
  10. #10One More NightPhil Collins

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