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Songs · UK Singles Chart

Why Can't I Be You?

The Cure

Entered Apr 12, 1987 · 5 weeks on the chart, last seen May 10, 1987

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UK Singles Chart · #21, 5 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #54, 12 wk
Record Power
6.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#21
1 week there · Apr 19, 1987
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
5
April 1987 – May 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%6.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 19, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1La Isla BonitaMadonna
  2. #2Can't Be with You TonightJudy Boucher
  3. #3Lean On MeClub Nouveau
  4. #4Let It BeFerry Aid
  5. #5RespectableMel & Kim
  6. #6Living In A BoxLiving In A Box
  7. #7If You Let Me StayTerence Trent D'Arby
  8. #8The Slightest TouchFive Star
  9. #9Let's Wait a WhileJanet Jackson
  10. #10Ever Fallen in LoveFine Young Cannibals

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