Songs · UK Singles Chart

Rapper's Delight

Sugarhill Gang

Entered Nov 25, 1979 · peaked at #3 on Dec 9, 1979 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 20, 2004

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UK Singles Chart · #3, 14 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #36, 12 wk
Record Power
24.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
November 1979 – June 2004

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
Sugarhill Gangprimary100%24.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 9, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1Another Brick in the WallPink Floyd
  2. #2Walking on the MoonThe Police
  3. #3Rapper's DelightSugarhill Gang
  4. #4I Only Want To Be With YouThe Tourists
  5. #5No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
  6. #6Que Sera Mi VidaThe Gibson Brothers
  7. #7Off The WallMichael Jackson
  8. #8When You're In Love With A Beautiful WomanDr. Hook
  9. #9One Step Beyond...Madness
  10. #10My Simple HeartThe Three Degrees

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