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Songs · UK Singles Chart

Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl

The Spinners

Entered Feb 17, 1980 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen May 18, 1980

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Billboard Hot 100 · #2, 25 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 14 wk
Record Power
29.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#1
2 weeks there · first Apr 6, 1980
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
February 1980 – May 1980

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
The Spinnersprimary100%29.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 6, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, GirlThe Spinners
  2. #2Dance Yourself DizzyLiquid Gold
  3. #3Going Underground/Dreams of ChildrenThe Jam
  4. #4Sexy EyesDr. Hook
  5. #5King/Food for ThoughtUB40
  6. #6Night Boat to Cairo (Work Rest and Play) (Ep)Madness
  7. #7Turning JapaneseThe Vapors
  8. #8Poison IvyLambrettas
  9. #9StompThe Brothers Johnson
  10. #10Turn It On AgainGenesis

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