Songs · UK Singles Chart

Self Control

Laura Branigan

Entered Jul 1, 1984 · peaked at #5 on Aug 26, 1984 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 21, 1984

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Billboard Hot 100 · #4, 25 wkUK Singles Chart · #5, 17 wk
Record Power
27.8
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
17
July 1984 – October 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
Laura Braniganprimary100%28.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 26, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1Careless WhisperGeorge Michael
  2. #2I Just Called To Say I Love YouStevie Wonder
  3. #3AgadooBlack Lace
  4. #4Like To Get To Know You WellHoward Jones
  5. #5Self ControlLaura Branigan
  6. #6PassengersElton John
  7. #7Dr BeatMiami Sound Machine
  8. #8Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)Hazell Dean
  9. #9Two TribesFrankie Goes To Hollywood
  10. #10Stuck on YouTrevor Walters

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