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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Power Of Love

Huey Lewis & The News

Entered Jun 29, 1985 · 19 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 2, 1985

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Record Power
38.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#1
2 weeks there · first Aug 24, 1985
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
19
June 1985 – November 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 it 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
Huey Lewis & The Newsprimary100%38.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 24, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Power Of LoveHuey Lewis & The News
  2. #2ShoutTears For Fears
  3. #3Never SurrenderCorey Hart
  4. #4St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)John Parr
  5. #5Freeway Of LoveAretha Franklin
  6. #6We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)Tina Turner
  7. #7Summer Of '69Bryan Adams
  8. #8If You Love Somebody Set Them FreeSting
  9. #9Everytime You Go AwayPaul Young
  10. #10What About Love?Heart

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