Songs · UK Singles Chart

Absolute Beginners

David Bowie

Entered Mar 9, 1986 · peaked at #2 on Mar 16, 1986 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen May 4, 1986

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UK Singles Chart · #2, 9 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #53, 9 wk
Record Power
18.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
9
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 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
David Bowieprimary100%18.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 16, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1Chain ReactionDiana Ross
  2. #2Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie
  3. #3Manic MondayThe Bangles
  4. #4Living DollCliff Richard and the Young Ones
  5. #5Hi Ho SilverJim Diamond
  6. #6KISSPrince
  7. #7Move AwayCulture Club
  8. #8(Nothing Serious) Just BugginWhistle
  9. #9Theme From New York, New YorkFrank Sinatra
  10. #10Love Missile F1-11Sigue Sigue Sputnik

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Absolute Beginners — David Bowie · ChartReign