Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Simply Irresistible

Robert Palmer

Entered Jul 2, 1988 · peaked at #2 on Sep 10, 1988 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 12, 1988

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Billboard Hot 100 · #2, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #44, 4 wk
Record Power
34.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
July 1988 – November 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
Robert Palmerprimary100%35.1

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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