Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Right Thing

Simply Red

Entered Feb 28, 1987 · peaked at #27 on May 16, 1987 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 6, 1987

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UK Singles Chart · #11, 10 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #27, 15 wk
Record Power
11.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
February 1987 – June 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
Simply Redprimary100%11.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 16, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1With or Without YouU2
  2. #2Looking For A New LoveJody Watley
  3. #3(I Just) Died In Your ArmsCutting Crew
  4. #4La Isla BonitaMadonna
  5. #5The Lady In RedChris de Burgh
  6. #6Heat Of The NightBryan Adams
  7. #7Big LoveFleetwood Mac
  8. #8You Keep Me Hangin' OnKim Wilde
  9. #9Talk Dirty To MePoison
  10. #10AlwaysAtlantic Starr

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The Right Thing — Simply Red · ChartReign