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Never Let Me Down

David Bowie

Entered Aug 23, 1987 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 27, 1987

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Billboard Hot 100 · #27, 11 wkUK Singles Chart · #34, 6 wk
Record Power
5.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#34
1 week there · Sep 13, 1987
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
6
August 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
David Bowieprimary100%5.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 13, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1Never Gonna Give You UpRick Astley
  2. #2Pump Up the Volume/Anitina (the First Time I See She Dance)M/A/R/R/S
  3. #3WipeoutFat Boys & The Beach Boys
  4. #4Heart And SoulT'Pau
  5. #5Where The Streets Have No NameU2
  6. #6Some PeopleCliff Richard
  7. #7Causing A CommotionMadonna
  8. #8What Have I Done To Deserve This?Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
  9. #9CasanovaLevert
  10. #10Toy BoySinitta

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Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987.

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