Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Word Girl

Scritti Politti

Entered May 5, 1985 · peaked at #6 on Jun 16, 1985 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 11, 1985

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Record Power
21.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
May 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
Scritti Polittiprimary100%21.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 16, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1You'll Never Walk AloneThe Crowd
  2. #2FrankieSister Sledge
  3. #3Crazy For YouMadonna
  4. #4KayleighMarillion
  5. #5SuddenlyBilly Ocean
  6. #6The Word GirlScritti Politti
  7. #7CherishKool & The Gang
  8. #8ObsessionAnimotion
  9. #9HistoryMai Tai
  10. #10Axel FHarold Faltermeyer

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