Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Louie Louie

The Kingsmen

Entered Nov 9, 1963 · peaked at #2 on Dec 14, 1963 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen May 21, 1966

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Billboard Hot 100 · #2, 18 wkUK Singles Chart · #26, 7 wk
Record Power
38.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
18
November 1963 – May 1966

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
The Kingsmenprimary100%39.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 14, 1963 on the timeline →
  1. #1DominiqueThe Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
  2. #2Louie LouieThe Kingsmen
  3. #3EverybodyTommy Roe
  4. #4I'm Leaving It Up To YouDale & Grace
  5. #5You Don't Have To Be A Baby To CryThe Caravelles
  6. #6Since I Fell For YouLenny Welch
  7. #7Be True To Your SchoolThe Beach Boys
  8. #8Drip DropDion (Di Muci)
  9. #9There! I've Said It AgainBobby Vinton
  10. #10Walking The DogRufus Thomas

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