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So Far Away

Dire Straits

Entered Mar 1, 1986 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen May 31, 1986

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Billboard Hot 100 · #19, 14 wkUK Singles Chart · #20, 6 wk
Record Power
14.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#19
1 week there · Apr 26, 1986
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
March 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 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
Dire Straitsprimary100%14.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 26, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1KissPrince And The Revolution
  2. #2Addicted To LoveRobert Palmer
  3. #3West End GirlsPet Shop Boys
  4. #4Manic MondayThe Bangles
  5. #5Why Can't This Be LoveVan Halen
  6. #6Harlem ShuffleThe Rolling Stones
  7. #7Rock Me AmadeusFalco
  8. #8What Have You Done For Me LatelyJanet Jackson
  9. #9Your LoveThe Outfield
  10. #10Take Me HomePhil Collins

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