Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

Entered Oct 2, 1961 · peaked at #1 on Nov 6, 1961 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 20, 1962

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #2, 13 wk
Record Power
39.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
5
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
October 1961 – January 1962

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
Jimmy Deanprimary100%39.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 6, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1Big Bad JohnJimmy Dean
  2. #2Runaround SueDion
  3. #3Bristol StompThe Dovells
  4. #4Hit The Road JackRay Charles and his Orchestra
  5. #5Fool #1Brenda Lee
  6. #6Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)Sue Thompson
  7. #7This TimeTroy Shondell
  8. #8The FlyChubby Checker
  9. #9I Love How You Love MeThe Paris Sisters
  10. #10Tower Of StrengthGene McDaniels

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