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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Nielsen/Pearson

Entered Aug 8, 1981 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 26, 1981

Record Power
2.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#56
2 weeks there · first Sep 5, 1981
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
8
August 1981 – September 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 it 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
Nielsen/Pearsonprimary100%2.8

The top ten the week it peaked

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

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