Songs · UK Singles Chart

The War Song

Culture Club

Entered Sep 30, 1984 · peaked at #2 on Oct 7, 1984 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 18, 1984

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UK Singles Chart · #2, 8 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #17, 13 wk
Record Power
18.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
8
September 1984 – November 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
Culture Clubprimary100%18.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 7, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Just Called To Say I Love YouStevie Wonder
  2. #2The War SongCulture Club
  3. #3FreedomWham!
  4. #4GhostbustersRay Parker Jr.
  5. #5DriveThe Cars
  6. #6No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)Paul McCartney
  7. #7Why?Bronski Beat
  8. #8(Pride) In The Name Of LoveU2
  9. #9Together in Electric DreamsGiorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
  10. #10Purple RainPrince And The Revolution

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