Songs · UK Singles Chart

I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

Whitney Houston

Entered May 17, 1987 · peaked at #1 on May 31, 1987 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 30, 1987

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 16 wk
Record Power
35.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
May 1987 – August 1987

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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
Whitney Houstonprimary100%34.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 31, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)Whitney Houston
  2. #2Nothing's Gonna Stop Us NowStarship
  3. #3Hold Me NowJohnny Logan
  4. #4Jack Mix Ii/IiiMirage
  5. #5Shattered DreamsJohnny Hates Jazz
  6. #6Wishing I Was LuckyWet Wet Wet
  7. #7Victim of LoveErasure
  8. #8SeriousDonna Allen
  9. #9A Boy from NowhereTom Jones
  10. #10Goodbye StrangerPepsi & Shirlie

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I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) — Whitney Houston · ChartReign