Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Ghostbusters

Ray Parker Jr.

Entered Jun 16, 1984 · peaked at #1 on Aug 11, 1984 · 26 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 15, 2025

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UK Singles Chart · #2, 47 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #1, 26 wk
Record Power
48.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
26
June 1984 – November 2025

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
Ray Parker Jr.primary100%50.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 11, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1GhostbustersRay Parker Jr.
  2. #2When Doves CryPrince
  3. #3State of ShockThe Jacksons
  4. #4What's Love Got To Do With ItTina Turner
  5. #5Sad Songs (say So Much)Elton John
  6. #6Stuck On YouLionel Richie
  7. #7Dancing In The DarkBruce Springsteen
  8. #8I Can Dream About YouDan Hartman
  9. #9InfatuationRod Stewart
  10. #10Sunglasses At NightCorey Hart

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