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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Twist My Arm

The Pointer Sisters

Entered Mar 1, 1986 · 5 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 29, 1986

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Record Power
0.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#83
2 weeks there · first Mar 15, 1986
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
5
March 1986 – March 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 Pointer Sistersprimary100%0.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 15, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1SaraStarship
  2. #2These DreamsHeart
  3. #3KyrieMr. Mister
  4. #4Secret LoversAtlantic Starr
  5. #5How Will I KnowWhitney Houston
  6. #6R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)John Mellencamp
  7. #7Rock Me AmadeusFalco
  8. #8Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)Mike + The Mechanics
  9. #9King For A DayThompson Twins
  10. #10NikitaElton John

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