Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Once In A Lifetime

Talking Heads

Entered Apr 19, 1986 · peaked at #91 on May 3, 1986 · 4 weeks on the chart, last seen May 10, 1986

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UK Singles Chart · #14, 10 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #91, 4 wk
Record Power
0.6
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
4
April 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
Talking Headsprimary100%0.6

The top ten the week it peaked

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

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Once In A Lifetime — Talking Heads · ChartReign