Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)

Mike + The Mechanics

Entered Nov 23, 1985 · peaked at #6 on Mar 8, 1986 · 24 weeks on the chart, last seen May 3, 1986

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Billboard Hot 100 · #6, 24 wkUK Singles Chart · #21, 10 wk
Record Power
28.0
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
24
November 1985 – May 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
Mike + The Mechanicsprimary100%27.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 8, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1KyrieMr. Mister
  2. #2SaraStarship
  3. #3How Will I KnowWhitney Houston
  4. #4These DreamsHeart
  5. #5Secret LoversAtlantic Starr
  6. #6Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)Mike + The Mechanics
  7. #7The Sweetest TabooSade
  8. #8Living In AmericaJames Brown
  9. #9Life In A Northern TownThe Dream Academy
  10. #10King For A DayThompson Twins

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