Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Sound Of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

Entered Nov 20, 1965 · peaked at #1 on Jan 1, 1966 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 19, 1966

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Record Power
29.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
November 1965 – February 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
Simon & Garfunkelprimary100%29.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 1, 1966 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Sound Of SilenceSimon & Garfunkel
  2. #2We Can Work It OutThe Beatles
  3. #3I Got You (I Feel Good)James Brown And The Famous Flames
  4. #4Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)The Byrds
  5. #5Over And OverThe Dave Clark Five
  6. #6Let's Hang On!The 4 Seasons feat. the "Sound of Frankie Valli
  7. #7FeverThe McCoys
  8. #8Ebb TideThe Righteous Brothers
  9. #9England SwingsRoger Miller
  10. #10Make The World Go AwayEddy Arnold

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