Songs · Billboard Hot 100

I Want To Be Wanted

Brenda Lee

Entered Sep 12, 1960 · peaked at #1 on Oct 24, 1960 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 19, 1960

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 15 wkUK Singles Chart · #31, 6 wk
Record Power
32.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
1
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
September 1960 – December 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
Brenda Leeprimary100%33.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 24, 1960 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Want To Be WantedBrenda Lee
  2. #2Save The Last Dance For MeThe Drifters
  3. #3The TwistChubby Checker
  4. #4My Heart Has A Mind Of Its OwnConnie Francis
  5. #5Chain GangSam Cooke
  6. #6Devil Or AngelBobby Vee
  7. #7Let's Think About LivingBob Luman
  8. #8So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)The Everly Brothers
  9. #9Mr. CusterLarry Verne
  10. #10Theme From The ApartmentFerrante & Teicher

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I Want To Be Wanted — Brenda Lee · ChartReign