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Life In A Northern Town

The Dream Academy

Entered Nov 30, 1985 · 21 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 19, 1986

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Billboard Hot 100 · #7, 21 wkUK Singles Chart · #15, 9 wk
Record Power
26.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#7
2 weeks there · first Feb 22, 1986
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
21
November 1985 – April 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 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
The Dream Academyprimary100%26.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 22, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1How Will I KnowWhitney Houston
  2. #2KyrieMr. Mister
  3. #3When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get GoingBilly Ocean
  4. #4SaraStarship
  5. #5Living In AmericaJames Brown
  6. #6The Sweetest TabooSade
  7. #7Life In A Northern TownThe Dream Academy
  8. #8Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)Mike + The Mechanics
  9. #9Burning HeartSurvivor
  10. #10That's What Friends Are ForDionne Warwick

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