Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail")

Bobby McFerrin

Entered Jul 30, 1988 · peaked at #1 on Sep 24, 1988 · 26 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 21, 1989

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Record Power
34.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
26
July 1988 – January 1989

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
Bobby McFerrinprimary100%34.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 24, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail")Bobby McFerrin
  2. #2Sweet Child O' MineGuns N' Roses
  3. #3I'll Always Love YouTaylor Dayne
  4. #4Simply IrresistibleRobert Palmer
  5. #5Love BitesDef Leppard
  6. #6Perfect WorldHuey Lewis & The News
  7. #7One Good WomanPeter Cetera
  8. #8If It Isn't LoveNew Edition
  9. #9Nobody's Fool (Theme From "Caddyshack II")Kenny Loggins
  10. #10Don't Be CruelCheap Trick

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