Songs · UK Singles Chart

Billy - Don't Be A Hero

Paper Lace

Entered Feb 17, 1974 · peaked at #1 on Mar 10, 1974 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen May 19, 1974

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UK Singles Chart · #1, 14 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #96, 3 wk
Record Power
31.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
February 1974 – May 1974

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
Paper Laceprimary100%30.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 10, 1974 on the timeline →
  1. #1Billy - Don't Be A HeroPaper Lace
  2. #2Jealous MindAlvin Stardust
  3. #3The Air That I BreatheThe Hollies
  4. #4The Most Beautiful GirlCharlie Rich
  5. #5You're SixteenRingo Starr
  6. #6Devil Gate DriveSuzi Quatro
  7. #7Remember (Sha-La-La-La)Bay City Rollers
  8. #8JetPaul McCartney And Wings
  9. #9It's YouFreddie Starr
  10. #10Wombling SongThe Wombles

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