Songs · Billboard Hot 100

King For A Day

Thompson Twins

Entered Jan 18, 1986 · peaked at #8 on Mar 22, 1986 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen May 3, 1986

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Billboard Hot 100 · #8, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #22, 6 wk
Record Power
24.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
January 1986 – 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
Thompson Twinsprimary100%24.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 22, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1These DreamsHeart
  2. #2SaraStarship
  3. #3Secret LoversAtlantic Starr
  4. #4Rock Me AmadeusFalco
  5. #5R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)John Mellencamp
  6. #6KyrieMr. Mister
  7. #7NikitaElton John
  8. #8King For A DayThompson Twins
  9. #9What You NeedINXS
  10. #10KissPrince And The Revolution

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