Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Only Rhyme That Bites

MC Tunes & 808 State

Entered May 27, 1990 · peaked at #10 on Jul 1, 1990 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 29, 1990

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Record Power
17.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
10
May 1990 – July 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 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
MC Tunesprimary50%8.7
808 Stateprimary50%8.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 1, 1990 on the timeline →
  1. #1Sacrifice/Healing HandsElton John
  2. #2Nessun DormaLuciano Pavarotti
  3. #3It Must Have Been LoveRoxette
  4. #4MonaCraig McLachlan & Check 1-2
  5. #5Oops UpSnap!
  6. #6World in Motion...Englandneworder
  7. #7Close To YouMaxi Priest
  8. #8Hold OnWilson Phillips
  9. #9U Can't Touch ThisMC Hammer
  10. #10The Only Rhyme That BitesMC Tunes & 808 State

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The Only Rhyme That Bites — MC Tunes & 808 State · ChartReign