Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Chain Gang

Sam Cooke

Entered Aug 15, 1960 · peaked at #2 on Oct 3, 1960 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 28, 1960

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Billboard Hot 100 · #2, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #9, 11 wk
Record Power
35.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
August 1960 – November 1960

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
Sam Cookeprimary100%37.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 3, 1960 on the timeline →
  1. #1My Heart Has A Mind Of Its OwnConnie Francis
  2. #2Chain GangSam Cooke
  3. #3Mr. CusterLarry Verne
  4. #4The TwistChubby Checker
  5. #5A Million To OneJimmy Charles and The Revelletts
  6. #6Save The Last Dance For MeThe Drifters
  7. #7It's Now Or NeverElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  8. #8Walk -- Don't RunThe Ventures
  9. #9So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)The Everly Brothers
  10. #10Theme From The ApartmentFerrante & Teicher

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