Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Automatic

The Pointer Sisters

Entered Jan 28, 1984 · peaked at #5 on Apr 14, 1984 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 9, 1984

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Billboard Hot 100 · #5, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #2, 17 wk
Record Power
32.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
January 1984 – June 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
The Pointer Sistersprimary100%32.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 14, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1FootlooseKenny Loggins
  2. #2Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)Phil Collins
  3. #3Somebody's Watching MeRockwell
  4. #4HelloLionel Richie
  5. #5AutomaticThe Pointer Sisters
  6. #6Miss Me BlindCulture Club
  7. #7Here Comes The Rain AgainEurythmics
  8. #8Hold Me NowThompson Twins
  9. #9Adult EducationDaryl Hall John Oates
  10. #10JumpVan Halen

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