Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Twist (Yo, Twist)

Fat Boys & Chubby Checker

Entered Jun 12, 1988 · peaked at #2 on Jun 26, 1988 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 21, 1988

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Record Power
24.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
June 1988 – August 1988

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
Fat Boysprimary50%12.4
Chubby Checkerprimary50%12.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 26, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Owe You Nothing {1988}Bros
  2. #2The Twist (Yo, Twist)Fat Boys & Chubby Checker
  3. #3Boys (Summertime Love)Sabrina
  4. #4In the Air Tonight {1988}Phil Collins
  5. #5Tribute (Right On)The Pasadenas
  6. #6Breakfast in BedUB40 & Chrissie Hynde
  7. #7Push It/TrampSalt-N-Pepa
  8. #8Doctorin' The TardisThe Timelords
  9. #9Wild WorldMaxi Priest
  10. #10Fast CarTracy Chapman

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