Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Bad Medicine

Bon Jovi

Entered Sep 24, 1988 · peaked at #1 on Nov 19, 1988 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 4, 1989

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #17, 8 wk
Record Power
33.0
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
20
September 1988 – February 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
Bon Joviprimary100%32.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 19, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1Bad MedicineBon Jovi
  2. #2Wild, Wild WestThe Escape Club
  3. #3The Loco-MotionKylie Minogue
  4. #4DesireU2
  5. #5Kokomo (From"Cocktail" )The Beach Boys
  6. #6Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird MedleyWill To Power
  7. #7Kissing A FoolGeorge Michael
  8. #8How Can I Fall?Breathe
  9. #9Look AwayChicago
  10. #10One Moment In TimeWhitney Houston

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