Songs · UK Singles Chart
The Drugs Don't Work
Entered Sep 7, 1997 · peaked at #1 on Sep 7, 1997 · 19 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 15, 2012
- Record Power
- 24.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 19
- September 1997 – July 2012
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Verve | primary | 100% | 24.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 7, 1997 on the timeline →- #1The Drugs Don't WorkThe Verve
- #2Men in BlackWill Smith
- #3TubthumpingChumbawamba
- #4Where's the LoveHanson
- #5I'll Be Missing YouPuff Daddy feat. Faith Evans
- #6I Know Where It's AtAll Saints
- #7Live the DreamCast
- #8HoneyMariah Carey
- #9Never Gonna Let You GoTina Moore
- #10Even After AllFinley Quaye
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