Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Straight Up

Paula Abdul

Entered Dec 3, 1988 · peaked at #1 on Feb 11, 1989 · 25 weeks on the chart, last seen May 20, 1989

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 25 wkUK Singles Chart · #3, 13 wk
Record Power
40.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
25
December 1988 – May 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
Paula Abdulprimary100%39.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 11, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1Straight UpPaula Abdul
  2. #2When I'm With YouSheriff
  3. #3Wild ThingTone-Loc
  4. #4Born To Be My BabyBon Jovi
  5. #5When The Children CryWhite Lion
  6. #6All This TimeTiffany
  7. #7The Lover In MeSheena Easton
  8. #8I Wanna Have Some FunSamantha Fox
  9. #9She Wants To Dance With MeRick Astley
  10. #10Walking AwayInformation Society

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