Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Stand By Me

Ben E. King

Entered May 8, 1961 · peaked at #4 on Jun 12, 1961 · 35 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 21, 1987

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Billboard Hot 100 · #4, 35 wkUK Singles Chart · #27, 10 wk
Record Power
55.7
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
35
May 1961 – February 1987

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
Ben E. Kingprimary100%56.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 12, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1Travelin' ManRicky Nelson
  2. #2Moody RiverPat Boone
  3. #3Running ScaredRoy Orbison
  4. #4Stand By MeBen E. King
  5. #5RaindropsDee Clark
  6. #6The Writing On The WallAdam Wade
  7. #7I Feel So BadElvis Presley
  8. #8Every Beat Of My HeartPips
  9. #9Quarter To ThreeU.S. Bonds
  10. #10The Boll Weevil SongBrook Benton

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