Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Summer Nights
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Entered Aug 5, 1978 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 18, 1978
- Record Power
- 30.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #5
- 2 weeks there · first Sep 30, 1978
- Top-ten weeks
- 7
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 16
- August 1978 – November 1978
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 it 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Travolta | primary | 50% | 15.1 |
| Olivia Newton-John | primary | 50% | 10.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 30, 1978 on the timeline →- #1Kiss You All OverExile
- #2Boogie Oogie OogieA Taste Of Honey
- #3Hopelessly Devoted To YouOlivia Newton-John
- #4Three Times A LadyCommodores
- #5Summer NightsJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- #6Don't Look BackBoston
- #7Hot Child In The CityNick Gilder
- #8ReminiscingLittle River Band
- #9Love Is In The AirJohn Paul Young
- #10An Everlasting LoveAndy Gibb
The #1 songs of 1978
1978 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978.
- How Deep Is Your Love · Bee Gees
- Baby Come Back · Player
- Stayin' Alive · Bee Gees
- (Love Is) Thicker Than Water · Andy Gibb
- Night Fever · Bee Gees
- If I Can't Have You · Yvonne Elliman
- With A Little Luck · Wings
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late · Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
- You're The One That I Want · John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- Shadow Dancing · Andy Gibb
- Miss You · The Rolling Stones
- Three Times A Lady · Commodores
- Grease · Frankie Valli
- Boogie Oogie Oogie · A Taste Of Honey
- Kiss You All Over · Exile
- Hot Child In The City · Nick Gilder
- You Needed Me · Anne Murray
- MacArthur Park · Donna Summer
- You Don't Bring Me Flowers · Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
- Le Freak · Chic
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