Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Boy with the Thorn in His Side

The Smiths

Entered Sep 29, 1985 · peaked at #23 on Oct 6, 1985 · 5 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 27, 1985

Record Power
6.1
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
5
September 1985 – October 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
The Smithsprimary100%6.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 6, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Power Of LoveJennifer Rush
  2. #2If I WasMidge Ure
  3. #3Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)Red Box
  4. #4TrappedColonel Abrams
  5. #5Part-Time LoverStevie Wonder
  6. #6Rebel Yell {1985}Billy Idol
  7. #7Dancing In The StreetDavid Bowie & Mick Jagger
  8. #8AngelMadonna
  9. #9Holding Out for a Hero {1985}Bonnie Tyler
  10. #10St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)John Parr
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side — The Smiths · ChartReign