Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

Entered Jun 25, 1988 · peaked at #1 on Sep 10, 1988 · 24 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 3, 1988

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 24 wkUK Singles Chart · #24, 34 wk
Record Power
38.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
24
June 1988 – December 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
Guns N' Rosesprimary100%38.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 10, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1Sweet Child O' MineGuns N' Roses
  2. #2Simply IrresistibleRobert Palmer
  3. #3Perfect WorldHuey Lewis & The News
  4. #4MonkeyGeorge Michael
  5. #5When It's LoveVan Halen
  6. #6Fast CarTracy Chapman
  7. #7I'll Always Love YouTaylor Dayne
  8. #8If It Isn't LoveNew Edition
  9. #9Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail")Bobby McFerrin
  10. #10Nobody's Fool (Theme From "Caddyshack II")Kenny Loggins

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