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In God's Country

U2

Entered Dec 13, 1987 · 5 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 10, 1988

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Billboard Hot 100 · #44, 12 wkUK Singles Chart · #48, 5 wk
Record Power
2.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#48
3 weeks there · first Dec 20, 1987
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
5
December 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 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
U2primary100%2.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 20, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1Always On My MindPet Shop Boys
  2. #2Fairytale of New YorkThe Pogues feat. Kirsty Maccoll
  3. #3Rockin' Around the Christmas TreeComic Relief, Mel, Kim Performed by Kim Wilde & Mel Smith
  4. #4When I Fall in LoveRick Astley
  5. #5Love LettersAlison Moyet
  6. #6The Way You Make Me FeelMichael Jackson
  7. #7When I Fall in Love {1987}Nat King Cole
  8. #8Heaven Is A Place On EarthBelinda Carlisle
  9. #9China in Your HandT'Pau
  10. #10What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me ForShakin' Stevens

The #1 songs of 1987

1987 in music →

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

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