Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Tide Is High

Blondie

Entered Nov 2, 1980 · peaked at #1 on Nov 9, 1980 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 18, 1981

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 26 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 11 wk
Record Power
26.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
November 1980 – January 1981

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
Blondieprimary100%26.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 9, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Tide Is HighBlondie
  2. #2Woman In LoveBarbra Streisand
  3. #3Special BrewBad Manners
  4. #4I Could Be So Good for YouDennis Waterman
  5. #5What You're ProposingThe Status Quo
  6. #6FashionDavid Bowie
  7. #7Dog Eat DogAdam & the Ants
  8. #8Enola GayOrchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
  9. #9Never Knew Love Like This BeforeStephanie Mills
  10. #10If You're Lookin' for a Way OutOdyssey

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