Songs · UK Singles Chart

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

Bill Medley

Entered Aug 21, 1988 · peaked at #25 on Sep 4, 1988 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 25, 1988

Record Power
6.2
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
6
August 1988 – September 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
Bill Medleyprimary100%6.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 4, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1Groovy Kind Of LovePhil Collins
  2. #2The Harder I TryBrother Beyond
  3. #3The Only Way Is UpYazz And The Plastic Population
  4. #4TeardropsWomack and Womack
  5. #5He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother {1988}The Hollies
  6. #6Megablast/Don't Make Me WaitBomb the Bass
  7. #7My Love ft Stevie WonderJulio Iglesias
  8. #8The RaceYello
  9. #9The Loco-MotionKylie Minogue
  10. #10Hands To HeavenBreathe