Songs · Billboard Hot 100
- Record Power
- 55.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #1
- 8 weeks there · first Jul 9, 1983
- Top-ten weeks
- 13
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 22
- June 1983 – October 1983
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Police | primary | 100% | 54.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 9, 1983 on the timeline →- #1Every Breath You TakeThe Police
- #2Electric AvenueEddy Grant
- #3Flashdance...What A FeelingIrene Cara
- #4Never Gonna Let You GoSergio Mendes
- #5Too ShyKajagoogoo
- #6Wanna Be Startin' SomethinMichael Jackson
- #7Time (Clock Of The Heart)Culture Club
- #8Come DancingThe Kinks
- #9Don't Let It EndStyx
- #10Our HouseMadness
The #1 songs of 1983
1983 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983.
- Maneater · Daryl Hall and John Oates
- Down Under · Men At Work
- Africa · Toto
- Baby, Come To Me · Patti Austin A & James Ingram
- Billie Jean · Michael Jackson
- Come On Eileen · Dexys Midnight Runners
- Beat It · Michael Jackson
- Let's Dance · David Bowie
- Flashdance...What A Feeling · Irene Cara
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) · Eurythmics
- Maniac · Michael Sembello
- Tell Her About It · Billy Joel
- Total Eclipse Of The Heart · Bonnie Tyler
- Islands In The Stream · Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
- All Night Long (All Night) · Lionel Richie
- Say Say Say · Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
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