Songs · UK Singles Chart

Don't Worry Be Happy

Bobby McFerrin

Entered Sep 18, 1988 · peaked at #2 on Oct 16, 1988 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 27, 1988

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Record Power
20.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
September 1988 – November 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
Bobby McFerrinprimary100%20.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 16, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1One Moment In TimeWhitney Houston
  2. #2Don't Worry Be HappyBobby McFerrin
  3. #3We Call It Acieed ft Gary HaismanD-Mob feat. Gary Haisman
  4. #4A Little RespectErasure
  5. #5Orinoco FlowEnya
  6. #6Wee RuleWee Papa Girl Rappers
  7. #7Never Trust a StrangerKim Wilde
  8. #8She Wants To Dance With MeRick Astley
  9. #9Harvest for the WorldThe Christians
  10. #10TeardropsWomack and Womack

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