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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Headed For The Future

Neil Diamond

Entered May 24, 1986 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 26, 1986

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Record Power
3.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#53
2 weeks there · first Jun 28, 1986
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
10
May 1986 – July 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
Neil Diamondprimary100%3.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 28, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1On My OwnPatti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
  2. #2There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)Billy Ocean
  3. #3Crush On YouThe Jets
  4. #4Holding Back The YearsSimply Red
  5. #5No One Is To BlameHoward Jones
  6. #6Who's Johnny ("Short Circuit" Theme)El DeBarge
  7. #7A Different CornerGeorge Michael
  8. #8Invisible TouchGenesis
  9. #9NastyJanet Jackson
  10. #10SledgehammerPeter Gabriel

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