Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Purple Rain

Prince And The Revolution

Entered Oct 6, 1984 · peaked at #2 on Nov 17, 1984 · 22 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 7, 2026

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Billboard Hot 100 · #2, 22 wkUK Singles Chart · #6, 19 wk
Record Power
40.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
22
October 1984 – February 2026

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
Prince And The Revolutionprimary100%40.1

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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