Songs · UK Singles Chart

Video Killed The Radio Star

The Buggles

Entered Sep 16, 1979 · peaked at #1 on Oct 14, 1979 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 25, 1979

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UK Singles Chart · #1, 11 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #40, 10 wk
Record Power
23.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
1
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
September 1979 – November 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 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
The Bugglesprimary100%23.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 14, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1Video Killed The Radio StarThe Buggles
  2. #2Message In A BottleThe Police
  3. #3Don't Stop 'til You Get EnoughMichael Jackson
  4. #4DreamingBlondie
  5. #5One Day at a TimeLena Martell
  6. #6Every Day HurtsSad Cafe
  7. #7Since You've Been GoneRainbow
  8. #8Whatever You WantThe Status Quo
  9. #9When You're In Love With A Beautiful WomanDr. Hook
  10. #10The Chosen FewThe Dooleys

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