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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Don't Play That Song (You Lied)

Ben E. King

Entered Apr 21, 1962 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 7, 1962

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Record Power
14.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#11
1 week there · Jun 16, 1962
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
April 1962 – July 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 it 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%14.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 16, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Can't Stop Loving YouRay Charles
  2. #2Stranger On The ShoreMr. Acker Bilk
  3. #3It Keeps Right On A-HurtinJohnny Tillotson
  4. #4(The Man Who Shot) Liberty ValanceGene Pitney
  5. #5Palisades ParkFreddy Cannon
  6. #6Lovers Who WanderDion
  7. #7Second Hand LoveConnie Francis
  8. #8The StripperDavid Rose
  9. #9PlayboyThe Marvelettes
  10. #10The One Who Really Loves YouMary Wells

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