Songs · UK Singles Chart
The Living Years
Entered Jan 8, 1989 · peaked at #2 on Jan 22, 1989 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 19, 1989
- Record Power
- 25.4
- 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
- 11
- January 1989 – March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike + The Mechanics | primary | 100% | 25.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 22, 1989 on the timeline →- #1Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart ft Gene PitneyMarc Almond feat. Gene Pitney
- #2The Living YearsMike + The Mechanics
- #3Especially for YouKylie & Jason
- #4You Got ItRoy Orbison
- #5She Drives Me CrazyFine Young Cannibals
- #6Crackers International (Ep)Erasure
- #7Cuddly Toy {1989}Roachford
- #8Buffalo StanceNeneh Cherry
- #9Baby I Love Your Way - Free BirdWill To Power
- #10Love TrainHolly Johnson
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