Songs · UK Singles Chart

King For A Day

Thompson Twins

Entered Oct 13, 1985 · peaked at #22 on Oct 27, 1985 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 17, 1985

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Billboard Hot 100 · #8, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #22, 6 wk
Record Power
6.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
6
October 1985 – November 1985

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%6.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 27, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Power Of LoveJennifer Rush
  2. #2Take On Mea-ha
  3. #3TrappedColonel Abrams
  4. #4NikitaElton John
  5. #5GamblerMadonna
  6. #6St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)John Parr
  7. #7Election DayArcadia
  8. #8Miami Vice ThemeJan Hammer
  9. #9Something About YouLevel 42
  10. #10Alive & KickingSimple Minds

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