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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Puzzle Song (A Puzzle In Song)

Shirley Ellis

Entered May 29, 1965 · 5 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 26, 1965

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Record Power
1.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#78
2 weeks there · first Jun 19, 1965
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
5
May 1965 – June 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
Shirley Ellisprimary100%1.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 19, 1965 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)Four Tops
  2. #2Mr. Tambourine ManThe Byrds
  3. #3Wooly BullySam The Sham and the Pharaohs
  4. #4Crying in the ChapelElvis Presley
  5. #5Back In My Arms AgainThe Supremes
  6. #6Wonderful WorldHerman's Hermits
  7. #7Help Me, RhondaThe Beach Boys
  8. #8Engine Engine #9Roger Miller
  9. #9For Your LoveThe Yardbirds
  10. #10Hush, Hush, Sweet CharlottePatti Page

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