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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key)

Jay & The Americans

Entered Dec 26, 1964 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 27, 1965

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Record Power
14.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#11
2 weeks there · first Feb 6, 1965
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
10
December 1964 – February 1965

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
Jay & The Americansprimary100%15.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 6, 1965 on the timeline →
  1. #1You've Lost That Lovin' FeelinThe Righteous Brothers
  2. #2DowntownPetula Clark
  3. #3The Name GameShirley Ellis
  4. #4This Diamond RingGary Lewis And The Playboys
  5. #5Hold What You've GotJoe Tex
  6. #6Love Potion Number NineThe Searchers
  7. #7All Day And All Of The NightThe Kinks
  8. #8My GirlThe Temptations
  9. #9How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By YouMarvin Gaye
  10. #10ShakeSam Cooke

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