Songs · Billboard Hot 100

We Didn't Start The Fire

Billy Joel

Entered Oct 14, 1989 · peaked at #1 on Dec 9, 1989 · 19 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 17, 1990

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 19 wkUK Singles Chart · #7, 10 wk
Record Power
38.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
19
October 1989 – February 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
Billy Joelprimary100%38.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 9, 1989 on the timeline →
  1. #1We Didn't Start The FireBilly Joel
  2. #2Another Day In ParadisePhil Collins
  3. #3Blame It On The RainMilli Vanilli
  4. #4(It's Just) The Way That You Love MePaula Abdul
  5. #5Don't Know MuchLinda Ronstadt feat. Aaron Neville
  6. #6Back To LifeSoul II Soul
  7. #7AngeliaRichard Marx
  8. #8With Every Beat Of My HeartTaylor Dayne
  9. #9Love ShackThe B-52s
  10. #10Pump Up The JamTechnotronic feat. Felly

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