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I Ran (So Far Away)

A Flock Of Seagulls

Entered Jul 10, 1982 · 22 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 4, 1982

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Record Power
25.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#9
2 weeks there · first Oct 23, 1982
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
22
July 1982 – December 1982

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
A Flock Of Seagullsprimary100%25.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 23, 1982 on the timeline →
  1. #1Jack & DianeJohn Mellencamp
  2. #2Who Can It Be Now?Men At Work
  3. #3Eye In The SkyThe Alan Parsons Project
  4. #4I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)Michael McDonald
  5. #5Up Where We BelongJoe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
  6. #6Heart AttackOlivia Newton-John
  7. #7Somebody's BabyJackson Browne
  8. #8You Can Do MagicAmerica
  9. #9I Ran (So Far Away)A Flock Of Seagulls
  10. #10AbracadabraThe Steve Miller Band

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