Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Neil Sedaka

Entered Jun 30, 1962 · peaked at #1 on Aug 11, 1962 · 28 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 13, 1976

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 28 wkUK Singles Chart · #7, 16 wk
Record Power
57.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
28
June 1962 – March 1976

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
Neil Sedakaprimary100%57.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 11, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1Breaking Up Is Hard To DoNeil Sedaka
  2. #2Roses Are Red (My Love)Bobby Vinton
  3. #3The Wah WatusiThe Orlons
  4. #4The Loco-MotionLittle Eva
  5. #5Ahab, The ArabRay Stevens
  6. #6Speedy GonzalesPat Boone
  7. #7Sealed With A KissBrian Hyland
  8. #8You'll Lose A Good ThingBarbara Lynn
  9. #9ThingsBobby Darin
  10. #10The StripperDavid Rose and His Orchestra

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