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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Why Can't I Be You?

The Cure

Entered Jun 20, 1987 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 5, 1987

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UK Singles Chart · #21, 5 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #54, 12 wk
Record Power
4.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#54
1 week there · Aug 8, 1987
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
June 1987 – September 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
The Cureprimary100%4.3

The top ten the week it peaked

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

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