Songs · UK Singles Chart

Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

Paul Young

Entered Jun 5, 1983 · peaked at #1 on Jul 17, 1983 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 18, 1983

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UK Singles Chart · #1, 16 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #70, 7 wk
Record Power
32.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
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
Paul Youngprimary100%32.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 17, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)Paul Young
  2. #2I.O.U.Freeez
  3. #3Baby JaneRod Stewart
  4. #4Who's That GirlEurythmics
  5. #5Moonlight ShadowMike Oldfield
  6. #6Come Live with MeHeaven 17
  7. #7Double DutchMalcolm McLaren
  8. #8Flashdance...What A FeelingIrene Cara
  9. #9War BabyTom Robinson
  10. #10It's OverFunk Masters

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