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Songs · UK Singles Chart

Get It Right Next Time

Gerry Rafferty

Entered Aug 12, 1979 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 7, 1979

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Billboard Hot 100 · #21, 13 wkUK Singles Chart · #30, 9 wk
Record Power
8.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#30
2 weeks there · first Sep 9, 1979
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
9
August 1979 – October 1979

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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Gerry Raffertyprimary100%8.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 9, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1We Don't Talk AnymoreCliff Richard
  2. #2CarsGary Numan
  3. #3Bang BangB.A. Robertson
  4. #4Don't Bring Me DownElectric Light Orchestra
  5. #5Street LifeThe Crusaders
  6. #6Angel EyesRoxy Music
  7. #7If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against MeBellamy Brothers
  8. #8Just When I Needed You MostRandy VanWarmer
  9. #9Love's Gotta Hold on MeDollar
  10. #10MoneyThe Flying Lizards

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