Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Take On Me
Entered Jul 13, 1985 · peaked at #1 on Oct 19, 1985 · 27 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 11, 1986
- Record Power
- 39.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 27
- July 1985 – January 1986
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| a-ha | primary | 100% | 39.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 19, 1985 on the timeline →- #1Take On Mea-ha
- #2Saving All My Love For YouWhitney Houston
- #3Part-Time LoverStevie Wonder
- #4Oh SheilaReady For The World
- #5Miami Vice ThemeJan Hammer
- #6Lonely Ol' NightJohn Mellencamp
- #7Money For NothingDire Straits
- #8Dancing In The StreetDavid Bowie & Mick Jagger
- #9Fortress Around Your HeartSting
- #10Head Over HeelsTears For Fears
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