Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Rock 'n' Roll Is King

Electric Light Orchestra

Entered Jun 25, 1983 · peaked at #19 on Aug 20, 1983 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 17, 1983

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Billboard Hot 100 · #19, 13 wkUK Singles Chart · #13, 9 wk
Record Power
15.7
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
13
June 1983 – September 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Electric Light Orchestraprimary100%15.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 20, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1Every Breath You TakeThe Police
  2. #2Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)Eurythmics
  3. #3She Works Hard For The MoneyDonna Summer
  4. #4ManiacMichael Sembello
  5. #5Stand BackStevie Nicks
  6. #6It's A MistakeMen At Work
  7. #7Is There Something I Should KnowDuran Duran
  8. #8(Keep Feeling) FascinationThe Human League
  9. #9Puttin' On The RitzTaco
  10. #10I'll Tumble 4 YaCulture Club

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