Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Love Shack

The B-52s

Entered Sep 2, 1989 · peaked at #3 on Nov 18, 1989 · 27 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 3, 1990

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Billboard Hot 100 · #3, 27 wkUK Singles Chart · #2, 13 wk
Record Power
38.2
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
27
September 1989 – March 1990

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
The B-52sprimary100%38.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 18, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1When I See You SmileBad English
  2. #2Blame It On The RainMilli Vanilli
  3. #3Love ShackThe B-52s
  4. #4(It's Just) The Way That You Love MePaula Abdul
  5. #5Listen To Your HeartRoxette
  6. #6We Didn't Start The FireBilly Joel
  7. #7AngeliaRichard Marx
  8. #8Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)New Kids On The Block
  9. #9PoisonAlice Cooper
  10. #10Back To LifeSoul II Soul

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