Songs · Billboard Hot 100
I Want A New Drug
Entered Jan 14, 1984 · peaked at #6 on Mar 24, 1984 · 19 weeks on the chart, last seen May 19, 1984
- Record Power
- 30.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 5
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 19
- January 1984 – May 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huey Lewis & The News | primary | 100% | 30.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 24, 1984 on the timeline →- #1JumpVan Halen
- #2Somebody's Watching MeRockwell
- #3Girls Just Want To Have FunCyndi Lauper
- #4FootlooseKenny Loggins
- #5Here Comes The Rain AgainEurythmics
- #6I Want A New DrugHuey Lewis & The News
- #799 LuftballonsNena
- #8AutomaticThe Pointer Sisters
- #9Adult EducationDaryl Hall John Oates
- #10Got A Hold On MeChristine McVie
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