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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Don't Need A Gun

Billy Idol

Entered Jan 24, 1987 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 21, 1987

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Billboard Hot 100 · #37, 9 wkUK Singles Chart · #26, 5 wk
Record Power
6.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#37
1 week there · Mar 7, 1987
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
9
January 1987 – March 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 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
Billy Idolprimary100%6.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 7, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1Livin' On A PrayerBon Jovi
  2. #2Jacob's LadderHuey Lewis & The News
  3. #3You Got It AllThe Jets
  4. #4Somewhere Out There (From "An American Tail")Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
  5. #5Respect YourselfBruce Willis
  6. #6Keep Your Hands To YourselfThe Georgia Satellites
  7. #7(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)Beastie Boys
  8. #8Big TimePeter Gabriel
  9. #9Mandolin RainBruce Hornsby & The Range
  10. #10Let's Wait AwhileJanet Jackson

The #1 songs of 1987

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