Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Foolish Thing to Do ft Jimmy Ruffin

Heaven 17 feat. Jimmy Ruffin

Entered Apr 27, 1986 · peaked at #80 on Apr 27, 1986 · 2 weeks on the chart, last seen May 4, 1986

Record Power
0.4
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
2
April 1986 – May 1986

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
Heaven 17primary70%0.3
Jimmy Ruffinfeatured30%0.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 27, 1986 on the timeline →
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  3. #3What Have You Done For Me LatelyJanet Jackson
  4. #4Live To TellMadonna
  5. #5Just Say NoGrange Hill Cast
  6. #6A Kind Of MagicQueen
  7. #7Can't Wait Another MinuteFive Star
  8. #8Look AwayBig Country
  9. #9Lessons In LoveLevel 42
  10. #10The Greatest Love of AllWhitney Houston