Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Chipmunk Song

The Chipmunks & David Seville

Entered Dec 1, 1958 · peaked at #1 on Dec 22, 1958 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 23, 1959

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Record Power
27.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
4
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
13
December 1958 – February 1959

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
The Chipmunksprimary50%14.2
David Sevilleprimary50%14.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 22, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Chipmunk SongThe Chipmunks & David Seville
  2. #2Smoke Gets In Your EyesThe Platters
  3. #3To Know Him, Is To Love HimThe Teddy Bears
  4. #4ProblemsThe Everly Brothers
  5. #5Tom DooleyThe Kingston Trio
  6. #6One NightElvis Presley
  7. #7Beep BeepThe Playmates
  8. #8Lonesome TownRicky Nelson
  9. #9It's Only Make BelieveConway Twitty
  10. #10A Lover's QuestionClyde McPhatter

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