Songs · UK Singles Chart

And The Beat Goes On

The Whispers

Entered Jan 27, 1980 · peaked at #2 on Feb 17, 1980 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 13, 1980

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UK Singles Chart · #2, 12 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #19, 15 wk
Record Power
23.1
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
12
January 1980 – April 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 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 Whispersprimary100%23.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 17, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1Coward Of The CountyKenny Rogers
  2. #2And The Beat Goes OnThe Whispers
  3. #3AtomicBlondie
  4. #4Too Much Too Young (the Special AKA Live! Ep)Specials
  5. #5Captain Beaky/Wilfred the WeaselCaptain Beaky
  6. #6CarrieCliff Richard
  7. #7Someone's Looking at YouThe Boomtown Rats
  8. #8Baby I Love YouThe Ramones
  9. #9I Can't Stand Up for Falling DownElvis Costello
  10. #10So Good to Be Back Home AgainThe Tourists

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