Songs · UK Singles Chart

Desire

U2

Entered Sep 25, 1988 · peaked at #1 on Oct 2, 1988 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 1, 1989

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Billboard Hot 100 · #3, 17 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 13 wk
Record Power
16.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
1
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
13
September 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
U2primary100%16.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 2, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1DesireU2
  2. #2He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother {1988}The Hollies
  3. #3One Moment In TimeWhitney Houston
  4. #4TeardropsWomack and Womack
  5. #5Groovy Kind Of LovePhil Collins
  6. #6Nothing Can Divide UsJason Donovan
  7. #7She Wants To Dance With MeRick Astley
  8. #8Lovely Day (Sunshine Mix)Bill Withers
  9. #9Domino DancingPet Shop Boys
  10. #10Big FunInner City

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Desire — U2 · ChartReign