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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Love Bites

Def Leppard

Entered Aug 13, 1988 · 23 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 14, 1989

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 23 wkUK Singles Chart · #11, 8 wk
Record Power
34.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#1
1 week there · Oct 8, 1988
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
23
August 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 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
Def Leppardprimary100%33.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 8, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1Love BitesDef Leppard
  2. #2Red Red WineUB40
  3. #3Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail")Bobby McFerrin
  4. #4Don't Be CruelCheap Trick
  5. #5One Good WomanPeter Cetera
  6. #6Groovy Kind Of LovePhil Collins
  7. #7I'll Always Love YouTaylor Dayne
  8. #8I Hate Myself For Loving YouJoan Jett & the Blackhearts
  9. #9What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)Information Society
  10. #10Please Don't Go GirlNew Kids On The Block

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