Songs · UK Singles Chart

Hit the Road Jack

Ray Charles

Entered Oct 19, 1961 · peaked at #6 on Nov 9, 1961 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 4, 1962

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Record Power
22.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
October 1961 – January 1962

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
Ray Charlesprimary100%22.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 9, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1His Latest Flame/Little SistersElvis Presley
  2. #2Walking Back to HappinessHelen Shapiro
  3. #3When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your HeartCliff Richard
  4. #4Big Bad JohnJimmy Dean
  5. #5Wild WindJohn Leyton
  6. #6Hit the Road JackRay Charles
  7. #7The Time Has ComeAdam Faith
  8. #8Take FiveDave Brubeck
  9. #9Mexicali RoseKarl Denver
  10. #10Bless YouTony Orlando

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