Songs · UK Singles Chart

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Wham!

Entered May 20, 1984 · peaked at #1 on May 27, 1984 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 2, 1984

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 24 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 16 wk
Record Power
32.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
May 1984 – September 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
Wham!primary100%32.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 27, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1Wake Me Up Before You Go-GoWham!
  2. #2Let's Hear It For The BoyDeniece Williams
  3. #3The ReflexDuran Duran
  4. #4AutomaticThe Pointer Sisters
  5. #5Groovin' (You're the Best Thing/Big Boss Groove)The Style Council
  6. #6Dancing with Tears in My EyesUltravox
  7. #7I Feel Like Buddy HollyAlvin Stardust
  8. #8Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man) {1984}Hazell Dean
  9. #9I Want To Break FreeQueen
  10. #10Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)Phil Collins

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