Songs · UK Singles Chart

(They Long to Be) Close to You

Gwen Guthrie

Entered Oct 5, 1986 · peaked at #25 on Oct 26, 1986 · 7 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 16, 1986

Record Power
8.0
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
7
October 1986 – November 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
Gwen Guthrieprimary100%8.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 26, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1Every Loser WinsNick Berry
  2. #2In the Army NowThe Status Quo
  3. #3All I Ask of YouCliff Richard & Sarah Brightman
  4. #4Walk Like An EgyptianThe Bangles
  5. #5True BlueMadonna
  6. #6You Can Call Me AlPaul Simon
  7. #7Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")Berlin
  8. #8Midas TouchMidnight Star
  9. #9SuburbiaPet Shop Boys
  10. #10Don't Get Me WrongPretenders