Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Wild Thing
Entered Dec 3, 1988 · peaked at #2 on Feb 18, 1989 · 25 weeks on the chart, last seen May 20, 1989
- Record Power
- 34.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 6
- 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tone-Loc | primary | 100% | 33.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 18, 1989 on the timeline →- #1Straight UpPaula Abdul
- #2Wild ThingTone-Loc
- #3Born To Be My BabyBon Jovi
- #4Lost In Your EyesDebbie Gibson
- #5The Lover In MeSheena Easton
- #6When I'm With YouSheriff
- #7She Wants To Dance With MeRick Astley
- #8What I AmEdie Brickell & New Bohemians
- #9Walking AwayInformation Society
- #10You Got It (The Right Stuff)New Kids On The Block
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