Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers
- Key
- C major
- Camelot
- 8B
- BPM
- 131.5
Key confidence high · relative A minor (8A) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 65.8 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
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As of 2026-10-27, "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers has charted in 16 markets across 3 platforms, peaking at #1 (IT) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads C major (8B) at 131.5 BPM.
- Markets
- 16
- First seen
- 2026-07-20
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-27
- Peak
- #1 it
Started in 1 market, now in 16.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
Bobby Hatfield's solo take changed the melody on the line "I need your love," a variation that most later cover versions have followed. [1] The recording became the jukebox standard version of the song and got renewed attention after being featured in the 1990 film Ghost. [2] When reissued after Ghost, the original 1965 Righteous Brothers recording topped the U.S. adult contemporary chart and made the Righteous Brothers the first act to have two versions of the same song in the Hot 100's top 20 simultaneously. [3]
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Mexicomx · shazam#89#81#89
- Romaniaro · deezer#44#44—
- Belgiumbe · shazam#136#21#136
- Malaysiamy · deezer#85#64#85
- Hondurashn · deezer#76#76—
- Croatiahr · shazam#139#79#139
- Italyit · shazam · 3 cities#3#1#3
- Venezuelave · deezer#6#6—
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- it 3 cities · best #33 milan
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- USPG16590023
- Slug
- the-righteous-brothers__unchained-melody
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam
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Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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