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Opposites Attract

Paula Abdul & The Wild Pair

Entered Dec 16, 1989 · 23 weeks on the chart, last seen May 19, 1990

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 23 wkUK Singles Chart · #2, 13 wk
Record Power
38.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#1
3 weeks there · first Feb 10, 1990
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
23
December 1989 – May 1990

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
Paula Abdulprimary50%18.8
The Wild Pairprimary50%19.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 10, 1990 on the timeline →
  1. #1Opposites AttractPaula Abdul & The Wild Pair
  2. #2Two To Make It RightSeduction
  3. #3Downtown TrainRod Stewart
  4. #4Janie's Got A GunAerosmith
  5. #5How Am I Supposed To Live Without YouMichael Bolton
  6. #6What Kind Of Man Would I Be?Chicago
  7. #7DangerousRoxette
  8. #8I Remember YouSkid Row
  9. #9EscapadeJanet Jackson
  10. #10All Or NothingMilli Vanilli

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