Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Sweet Freedom (Theme From "Running Scared")

Michael McDonald

Entered Jun 14, 1986 · peaked at #7 on Aug 30, 1986 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 25, 1986

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Record Power
28.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
June 1986 – October 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
Michael McDonaldprimary100%28.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 30, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1Higher LoveSteve Winwood
  2. #2VenusBananarama
  3. #3Papa Don't PreachMadonna
  4. #4Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")Berlin
  5. #5Dancing On The CeilingLionel Richie
  6. #6Friends And LoversCarl Anderson & Gloria Loring
  7. #7Sweet Freedom (Theme From "Running Scared")Michael McDonald
  8. #8RumorsTimex Social Club
  9. #9Stuck With YouHuey Lewis & The News
  10. #10Mad About YouBelinda Carlisle

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Sweet Freedom (Theme From "Running Scared") — Michael McDonald · ChartReign