Songs · UK Singles Chart

Space Oddity

David Bowie

Entered Aug 31, 1969 · peaked at #5 on Oct 26, 1969 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 22, 2016

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UK Singles Chart · #5, 16 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #15, 15 wk
Record Power
28.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
August 1969 – January 2016

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
David Bowieprimary100%26.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 26, 1969 on the timeline →
  1. #1Sugar, SugarThe Archies
  2. #2I'm Gonna Make You MineLou Christie
  3. #3He Ain't Heavy, He's My BrotherThe Hollies
  4. #4Oh WellFleetwood Mac
  5. #5Space OddityDavid Bowie
  6. #6I'll Never Fall in Love AgainBobbie Gentry
  7. #7Nobody's ChildKaren Young
  8. #8Return of Django/Dollar in the TeethUpsetters
  9. #9Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus {Official Release}Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
  10. #10A Boy Named SueJohnny Cash

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