Songs · Billboard Hot 100
The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)
Entered Jan 12, 1959 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 13, 1959
- Record Power
- 17.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #16
- 1 week there · Feb 9, 1959
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 14
- January 1959 – April 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Miller | primary | 100% | 18.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 9, 1959 on the timeline →The #1 songs of 1959
1959 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.
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