Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Boll Weevil Song

Brook Benton

Entered May 15, 1961 · peaked at #2 on Jul 10, 1961 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 28, 1961

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Billboard Hot 100 · #2, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #30, 9 wk
Record Power
33.5
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
May 1961 – August 1961

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
Brook Bentonprimary100%33.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 10, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1Tossin' And TurninBobby Lewis
  2. #2The Boll Weevil SongBrook Benton
  3. #3Quarter To ThreeU.S. Bonds
  4. #4RaindropsDee Clark
  5. #5The Writing On The WallAdam Wade
  6. #6Every Beat Of My HeartPips
  7. #7Moody RiverPat Boone
  8. #8Yellow BirdArthur Lyman Group
  9. #9Hats Off To LarryDel Shannon
  10. #10Dance On Little GirlPaul Anka

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