Songs · UK Singles Chart

Stand By Me

Ben E. King

Entered Jun 22, 1961 · peaked at #27 on Aug 3, 1961 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen May 3, 2015

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Billboard Hot 100 · #4, 35 wkUK Singles Chart · #27, 10 wk
Record Power
7.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
10
June 1961 – May 2015

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
Ben E. Kingprimary100%7.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 3, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1Well I Ask YouEden Kane
  2. #2You Don't KnowHelen Shapiro
  3. #3Halfway to ParadiseBilly Fury
  4. #4TemptationThe Everly Brothers
  5. #5RomeoPetula Clark
  6. #6RunawayDel Shannon
  7. #7PasadenaTemperance Seven
  8. #8A Girl Like YouCliff Richard
  9. #9Hello Mary Lou/Travelin' ManRicky Nelson
  10. #10You Always Hurt the One You LoveClarence 'Frogman' Henry

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Stand By Me — Ben E. King · ChartReign