Songs · Billboard Hot 100

To Be A Lover

Billy Idol

Entered Oct 4, 1986 · peaked at #6 on Dec 20, 1986 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 31, 1987

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Billboard Hot 100 · #6, 18 wkUK Singles Chart · #22, 8 wk
Record Power
29.5
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
18
October 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
Billy Idolprimary100%29.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 20, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1Walk Like An EgyptianThe Bangles
  2. #2The Way It IsBruce Hornsby & The Range
  3. #3Everybody Have Fun TonightWang Chung
  4. #4NotoriousDuran Duran
  5. #5Shake You DownGregory Abbott
  6. #6To Be A LoverBilly Idol
  7. #7Hip To Be SquareHuey Lewis & The News
  8. #8C'est La VieRobbie Nevil
  9. #9Stand By MeBen E. King
  10. #10The Next Time I FallPeter Cetera & Amy Grant

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To Be A Lover — Billy Idol · ChartReign