Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Popeye (The Hitchhiker)

Chubby Checker

Entered Sep 15, 1962 · peaked at #10 on Nov 10, 1962 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 8, 1962

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Record Power
18.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
13
September 1962 – December 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
Chubby Checkerprimary100%16.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 10, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1He's A RebelThe Crystals
  2. #2Big Girls Don't CryThe 4 Seasons
  3. #3All Alone Am IBrenda Lee
  4. #4Return To SenderElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  5. #5Only Love Can Break A HeartGene Pitney
  6. #6Next Door To An AngelNeil Sedaka
  7. #7GinaJohnny Mathis
  8. #8Monster MashBobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers
  9. #9Do You Love MeThe Contours
  10. #10Popeye (The Hitchhiker)Chubby Checker

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