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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Entered Mar 12, 1988 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 2, 1988

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Billboard Hot 100 · #16, 17 wkUK Singles Chart · #50, 7 wk
Record Power
17.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#16
2 weeks there · first May 21, 1988
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
17
March 1988 – July 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
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Darkprimary100%18.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 21, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1Anything For YouGloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
  2. #2One More TryGeorge Michael
  3. #3Shattered DreamsJohnny Hates Jazz
  4. #4Always On My MindPet Shop Boys
  5. #5Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)Samantha Fox
  6. #6I Don't Want To Live Without YouForeigner
  7. #7Electric BlueIcehouse
  8. #8WaitWhite Lion
  9. #9Everything Your Heart DesiresDaryl Hall and John Oates
  10. #10Two OccasionsThe Deele

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