Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Wham!

Entered Sep 8, 1984 · peaked at #1 on Nov 17, 1984 · 24 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 16, 1985

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 24 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 16 wk
Record Power
41.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
24
September 1984 – February 1985

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
Wham!primary100%41.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 17, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1Wake Me Up Before You Go-GoWham!
  2. #2Purple RainPrince And The Revolution
  3. #3Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)Billy Ocean
  4. #4I Feel For YouChaka Khan
  5. #5I Just Called To Say I Love YouStevie Wonder
  6. #6Out Of TouchDaryl Hall John Oates
  7. #7Better Be Good To MeTina Turner
  8. #8StrutSheena Easton
  9. #9All Through The NightCyndi Lauper
  10. #10Penny LoverLionel Richie

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