Songs · UK Singles Chart
I Want an Alien for Christmas
Entered Dec 21, 1997 · 1 week on the chart
A holiday song: the “Without holiday songs” filter leaves it out.
- Record Power
- 1.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #36
- 1 week there · Dec 21, 1997
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 1
- December 1997
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountains Of Wayne | primary | 100% | 1.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 21, 1997 on the timeline →The #1 songs of 1997
1997 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1997.
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