Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Money For Nothing

Dire Straits

Entered Jul 13, 1985 · peaked at #1 on Sep 21, 1985 · 22 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 7, 1985

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 22 wkUK Singles Chart · #4, 16 wk
Record Power
38.9
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
22
July 1985 – December 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
Dire Straitsprimary100%38.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 21, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1Money For NothingDire Straits
  2. #2CherishKool & The Gang
  3. #3St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)John Parr
  4. #4We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)Tina Turner
  5. #5Don't Lose My NumberPhil Collins
  6. #6FreedomWham!
  7. #7Pop LifePrince And The Revolution
  8. #8The Power Of LoveHuey Lewis & The News
  9. #9Oh SheilaReady For The World
  10. #10Dress You UpMadonna

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