Songs · UK Singles Chart

Uptown Girl

Billy Joel

Entered Oct 2, 1983 · peaked at #1 on Oct 30, 1983 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 29, 1984

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Billboard Hot 100 · #3, 22 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 18 wk
Record Power
39.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
5
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
18
October 1983 – January 1984

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
Billy Joelprimary100%35.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 30, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1Uptown GirlBilly Joel
  2. #2All Night Long (All Night)Lionel Richie
  3. #3Union Of The SnakeDuran Duran
  4. #4Karma ChameleonCulture Club
  5. #5They Don't KnowTracey Ullman
  6. #6The Safety DanceMen Without Hats
  7. #7New SongHoward Jones
  8. #8(Hey You) the Rocksteady CrewRocksteady Crew
  9. #9Puss 'N BootsAdam Ant
  10. #10Please Don't Make Me CryUB40

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