Songs · UK Singles Chart
Under Pressure
Entered Nov 8, 1981 · peaked at #1 on Nov 15, 1981 · 22 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 22, 2016
- Record Power
- 30.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 5
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 22
- November 1981 – January 2016
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | primary | 50% | 15.6 |
| David Bowie | primary | 50% | 13.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 15, 1981 on the timeline →- #1Under PressureQueen & David Bowie
- #2Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicThe Police
- #3Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)Julio Iglesias
- #4Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)Haircut 100
- #5Joan of ArcOrchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
- #6When She Was My GirlFour Tops
- #7PhysicalOlivia Newton-John
- #8Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)Rod Stewart
- #9Let's GrooveEarth, Wind & Fire
- #10Labelled with LoveSqueeze
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