Songs · UK Singles Chart

Separate Lives

Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin

Entered Nov 17, 1985 · peaked at #4 on Dec 8, 1985 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 2, 1986

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 21 wkUK Singles Chart · #4, 15 wk
Record Power
26.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
November 1985 – March 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Phil Collinsprimary50%13.7
Marilyn Martinprimary50%13.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 8, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1Saving All My Love For YouWhitney Houston
  2. #2I'm Your ManWham!
  3. #3See the DayDee C Lee
  4. #4Separate LivesPhil Collins & Marilyn Martin
  5. #5Dress You UpMadonna
  6. #6Do They Know It's Christmas?Band-Aid
  7. #7A Good HeartFeargal Sharkey
  8. #8Say You, Say MeLionel Richie
  9. #9West End GirlsPet Shop Boys
  10. #10Merry Christmas EveryoneShakin' Stevens

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