Songs · Billboard Hot 100

These Times Are Hard For Lovers

John Waite

Entered Jun 20, 1987 · peaked at #53 on Aug 1, 1987 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 3, 1987

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Billboard Hot 100 · #53, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #77, 3 wk
Record Power
4.6
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
16
June 1987 – October 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
John Waiteprimary100%4.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 1, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1Shakedown (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")Bob Seger
  2. #2I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking ForU2
  3. #3AloneHeart
  4. #4I Want Your Sex (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")George Michael
  5. #5Rhythm Is Gonna Get YouGloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
  6. #6Heart And SoulT'Pau
  7. #7Cross My Broken Heart (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")The Jets
  8. #8LukaSuzanne Vega
  9. #9I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)Whitney Houston
  10. #10Wot's It To YaRobbie Nevil

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