Songs · UK Singles Chart

Turning Japanese

The Vapors

Entered Feb 3, 1980 · peaked at #3 on Mar 23, 1980 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 27, 1980

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UK Singles Chart · #3, 13 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #36, 17 wk
Record Power
23.3
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
13
February 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 Vaporsprimary100%23.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 23, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1Going Underground/Dreams of ChildrenThe Jam
  2. #2Together We Are BeautifulFern Kinney
  3. #3Turning JapaneseThe Vapors
  4. #4Dance Yourself DizzyLiquid Gold
  5. #5Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me GirlDetroit Spinners
  6. #6Take That Look Off Your FaceMarti Webb
  7. #7All Night LongRainbow
  8. #8Do That to Me One More TimeThe Captain & Tennille
  9. #9Games Without FrontiersPeter Gabriel
  10. #10Echo BeachMartha and the Muffins

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