Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Wild Thing

The Troggs

Entered Jun 25, 1966 · peaked at #1 on Jul 30, 1966 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 3, 1966

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 11 wkUK Singles Chart · #2, 12 wk
Record Power
28.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
June 1966 – September 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 Troggsprimary100%28.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 30, 1966 on the timeline →
  1. #1Wild ThingThe Troggs
  2. #2Hanky PankyTommy James And The Shondells
  3. #3Lil' Red Riding HoodSam The Sham and the Pharaohs
  4. #4The Pied PiperCrispian St. Peters
  5. #5I Saw Her AgainThe Mamas & The Papas
  6. #6HungryPaul Revere & The Raiders feat. Mark Lindsay
  7. #7Summer In The CityThe Lovin' Spoonful
  8. #8Sweet PeaTommy Roe
  9. #9Mothers Little HelperThe Rolling Stones
  10. #10Somewhere, My LoveRay Conniff And The Singers

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