Songs · UK Singles Chart

Cars

Gary Numan

Entered Aug 26, 1979 · peaked at #1 on Sep 16, 1979 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 4, 1979

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Billboard Hot 100 · #9, 25 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 11 wk
Record Power
25.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
1
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
August 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
Gary Numanprimary100%26.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 16, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1CarsGary Numan
  2. #2We Don't Talk AnymoreCliff Richard
  3. #3Don't Bring Me DownElectric Light Orchestra
  4. #4If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against MeBellamy Brothers
  5. #5Love's Gotta Hold on MeDollar
  6. #6Street LifeThe Crusaders
  7. #7Bang BangB.A. Robertson
  8. #8Message In A BottleThe Police
  9. #9Just When I Needed You MostRandy VanWarmer
  10. #10Angel EyesRoxy Music

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