Songs · UK Singles Chart

Runaway

Del Shannon

Entered Apr 27, 1961 · peaked at #1 on Jun 29, 1961 · 22 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 21, 1961

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UK Singles Chart · #1, 22 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #1, 17 wk
Record Power
55.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
22
April 1961 – September 1961

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
Del Shannonprimary100%56.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 29, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1RunawayDel Shannon
  2. #2SurrenderElvis Presley
  3. #3Hello Mary Lou/Travelin' ManRicky Nelson
  4. #4PasadenaTemperance Seven
  5. #5TemptationThe Everly Brothers
  6. #6Frightened CityThe Shadows
  7. #7Halfway to ParadiseBilly Fury
  8. #8But I DoClarence 'Frogman' Henry
  9. #9Running ScaredRoy Orbison
  10. #10I've Told Every Little StarLinda Scott

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