Songs · Billboard Hot 100

True Colors

Cyndi Lauper

Entered Aug 30, 1986 · peaked at #1 on Oct 25, 1986 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 10, 1987

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #12, 15 wk
Record Power
31.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
August 1986 – January 1987

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
Cyndi Lauperprimary100%31.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 25, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1True ColorsCyndi Lauper
  2. #2Typical MaleTina Turner
  3. #3When I Think Of YouJanet Jackson
  4. #4I Didn't Mean To Turn You OnRobert Palmer
  5. #5HeartbeatDon Johnson
  6. #6AmandaBoston
  7. #7Throwing It All AwayGenesis
  8. #8All Cried OutLisa Lisa And Cult Jam & Full Force feat. Paul Anthony & Bow Legged Lou
  9. #9HumanThe Human League
  10. #10Sweet LoveAnita Baker

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