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Comin' on Strong

Broken English

Entered May 24, 1987 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 9, 1987

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Record Power
12.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#18
2 weeks there · first Jun 28, 1987
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
May 1987 – August 1987

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 it 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
Broken Englishprimary100%12.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 28, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1It's A SinPet Shop Boys
  2. #2Star TrekkinThe Firm
  3. #3Under The BoardwalkBruce Willis
  4. #4I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)Whitney Houston
  5. #5Wishing WellTerence Trent D'Arby
  6. #6You're The VoiceJohn Farnham
  7. #7Misfit {1987}Curiosity Killed The Cat
  8. #8I Want Your SexGeorge Michael
  9. #9Is This LoveWhitesnake
  10. #10My Pretty OneCliff Richard

The #1 songs of 1987

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Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987.

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