Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Slow Hand

The Pointer Sisters

Entered May 30, 1981 · peaked at #2 on Aug 29, 1981 · 24 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 7, 1981

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Billboard Hot 100 · #2, 24 wkUK Singles Chart · #10, 11 wk
Record Power
44.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
24
May 1981 – November 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
The Pointer Sistersprimary100%45.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 29, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Endless LoveDiana Ross & Lionel Richie
  2. #2Slow HandThe Pointer Sisters
  3. #3Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)Joey Scarbury
  4. #4Stop Draggin' My Heart AroundStevie Nicks & Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
  5. #5Jessie's GirlRick Springfield
  6. #6Queen Of HeartsJuice Newton
  7. #7(There's) No Gettin' Over MeRonnie Milsap
  8. #8UrgentForeigner
  9. #9Lady (You Bring Me Up)Commodores
  10. #10Who's Crying NowJourney

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