Songs · UK Singles Chart

Ghostbusters

Ray Parker Jr.

Entered Aug 19, 1984 · peaked at #2 on Sep 16, 1984 · 47 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 1, 2024

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UK Singles Chart · #2, 47 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #1, 26 wk
Record Power
67.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
47
August 1984 – November 2024

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%68.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 16, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Just Called To Say I Love YouStevie Wonder
  2. #2GhostbustersRay Parker Jr.
  3. #3Careless WhisperGeorge Michael
  4. #4(Pride) In The Name Of LoveU2
  5. #5AgadooBlack Lace
  6. #6Dr BeatMiami Sound Machine
  7. #7Lost in Music {1984}Sister Sledge
  8. #8Big In JapanAlphaville
  9. #9Master and ServantDepeche Mode
  10. #10PassengersElton John

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