Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Right Here Waiting

Richard Marx

Entered Jul 8, 1989 · peaked at #1 on Aug 12, 1989 · 21 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 25, 1989

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 21 wkUK Singles Chart · #2, 10 wk
Record Power
36.3
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
21
July 1989 – November 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
Richard Marxprimary100%35.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 12, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1Right Here WaitingRichard Marx
  2. #2On Our Own (From "Ghostbusters II")Bobby Brown
  3. #3Batdance (From "Batman")Prince
  4. #4So AliveLove & Rockets
  5. #5Once Bitten Twice ShyGreat White
  6. #6Cold HeartedPaula Abdul
  7. #7I Like ItDino
  8. #8Lay Your Hands On MeBon Jovi
  9. #9Don't Wanna Lose YouGloria Estefan
  10. #10Toy SoldiersMartika

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Right Here Waiting — Richard Marx · ChartReign