Songs · Billboard Hot 100

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Swing Out Sister

Entered Aug 15, 1987 · peaked at #6 on Nov 14, 1987 · 23 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 16, 1988

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Billboard Hot 100 · #6, 23 wkUK Singles Chart · #4, 15 wk
Record Power
29.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
23
August 1987 – January 1988

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
Swing Out Sisterprimary100%29.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 14, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Think We're Alone NowTiffany
  2. #2Mony MonyBilly Idol
  3. #3(I've Had) The Time Of My LifeBill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
  4. #4Little LiesFleetwood Mac
  5. #5Heaven Is A Place On EarthBelinda Carlisle
  6. #6BreakoutSwing Out Sister
  7. #7Brilliant DisguiseBruce Springsteen
  8. #8Causing A CommotionMadonna
  9. #9It's A SinPet Shop Boys
  10. #10Should've Known BetterRichard Marx

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