Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Backfired

Debbie Harry

Entered Aug 15, 1981 · peaked at #43 on Sep 19, 1981 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 17, 1981

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Billboard Hot 100 · #43, 10 wkUK Singles Chart · #32, 6 wk
Record Power
5.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
10
August 1981 – October 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
Debbie Harryprimary100%5.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 19, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Endless LoveDiana Ross & Lionel Richie
  2. #2Queen Of HeartsJuice Newton
  3. #3Stop Draggin' My Heart AroundStevie Nicks & Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
  4. #4UrgentForeigner
  5. #5(There's) No Gettin' Over MeRonnie Milsap
  6. #6Who's Crying NowJourney
  7. #7Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)Christopher Cross
  8. #8Lady (You Bring Me Up)Commodores
  9. #9Step By StepEddie Rabbitt
  10. #10Slow HandThe Pointer Sisters

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