Songs · Billboard Hot 100
La Bamba
Entered Jun 27, 1987 · peaked at #1 on Aug 29, 1987 · 21 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 14, 1987
- Record Power
- 36.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 21
- June 1987 – November 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Lobos | primary | 100% | 36.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 29, 1987 on the timeline →- #1La BambaLos Lobos
- #2Who's That GirlMadonna
- #3Don't Mean NothingRichard Marx
- #4LukaSuzanne Vega
- #5Only In My DreamsDebbie Gibson
- #6I Just Can't Stop Loving YouMichael Jackson & Siedah Garrett
- #7Rock SteadyThe Whispers
- #8Didn't We Almost Have It AllWhitney Houston
- #9It's Not Over ('til It's Over)Starship
- #10Can't We TryDan Hill (Duet & Vonda Shepard
30-second previews and store links from Apple Music.