Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Surf City

Jan & Dean

Entered Jun 15, 1963 · peaked at #1 on Jul 20, 1963 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 7, 1963

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 13 wkUK Singles Chart · #26, 10 wk
Record Power
31.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
13
June 1963 – September 1963

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
Jan & Deanprimary100%31.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 20, 1963 on the timeline →
  1. #1Surf CityJan & Dean
  2. #2Easier Said Than DoneThe Essex
  3. #3So Much In LoveThe Tymes
  4. #4Tie Me Kangaroo Down, SportRolf Harris
  5. #5MemphisLonnie Mack
  6. #6Fingertips - Pt 2Little Stevie Wonder
  7. #7Wipe OutThe Surfaris
  8. #8SukiyakiKyu Sakamoto
  9. #9(You're the) Devil In DisguiseElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  10. #10Pride And JoyMarvin Gaye

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