Songs · UK Singles Chart

Don't Stand So Close To Me

The Police

Entered Sep 21, 1980 · peaked at #1 on Sep 21, 1980 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 23, 1980

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Billboard Hot 100 · #10, 18 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 10 wk
Record Power
24.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
4
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
10
September 1980 – November 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 Policeprimary100%24.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 21, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1Don't Stand So Close To MeThe Police
  2. #2One Day I'll Fly AwayRandy Crawford
  3. #3Masterblaster (Jammin')Stevie Wonder
  4. #4Feels Like I'm in LoveKelly Marie
  5. #5Baggy TrousersMadness
  6. #6It's Only Love/Beyond the ReefElvis Presley
  7. #7Another One Bites The DustQueen
  8. #8D.I.S.C.O.Ottawan
  9. #9Modern GirlSheena Easton
  10. #10Eighth DayHazel O'Connor

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