Songs · UK Singles Chart
Sound of Silence
Entered Mar 17, 1966 · peaked at #3 on Apr 14, 1966 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 9, 1966
- Record Power
- 28.2
- 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
- 13
- March 1966 – June 1966
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bachelors | primary | 100% | 28.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 14, 1966 on the timeline →- #1Somebody Help MeThe Spencer Davis Group
- #2The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine AnymoreWalker Brothers
- #3Sound of SilenceThe Bachelors
- #4Hold Tight!Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
- #5SubstituteThe Who
- #6Elusive ButterflyVal Doonican
- #7Elusive ButterflyBob Lind
- #8Make The World Go AwayEddy Arnold
- #9Dedicated Follower Of FashionThe Kinks
- #10You Don't Have To Say You Love MeDusty Springfield