Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Cherry Bomb
Entered Oct 24, 1987 · peaked at #8 on Jan 9, 1988 · 21 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 12, 1988
- Record Power
- 26.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 21
- October 1987 – March 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Mellencamp | primary | 100% | 25.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 9, 1988 on the timeline →- #1So EmotionalWhitney Houston
- #2Got My Mind Set On YouGeorge Harrison
- #3FaithGeorge Michael
- #4Is This LoveWhitesnake
- #5The Way You Make Me FeelMichael Jackson
- #6Need You TonightINXS
- #7Shake Your LoveDebbie Gibson
- #8Cherry BombJohn Mellencamp
- #9Tell It To My Heart(Dub)Taylor Dayne
- #10Don't You Want MeJody Watley
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