Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Every Breath You Take
Entered Jun 4, 1983 · peaked at #1 on Jul 9, 1983 · 22 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 29, 1983
- Record Power
- 55.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 8
- weeks on top
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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