Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Ode To Billie Joe

Bobbie Gentry

Entered Aug 5, 1967 · peaked at #1 on Aug 26, 1967 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 21, 1976

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #13, 11 wk
Record Power
38.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
4
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
August 1967 – August 1976

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
Bobbie Gentryprimary100%39.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 26, 1967 on the timeline →
  1. #1Ode To Billie JoeBobbie Gentry
  2. #2All You Need Is LoveThe Beatles
  3. #3Pleasant Valley SundayThe Monkees
  4. #4Light My FireThe Doors
  5. #5Baby I Love YouAretha Franklin
  6. #6I Was Made To Love HerStevie Wonder
  7. #7Cold Sweat - Part 1James Brown And The Famous Flames
  8. #8ReflectionsDiana Ross & The Supremes
  9. #9You're My EverythingThe Temptations
  10. #10A Whiter Shade Of PaleProcol Harum

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Ode To Billie Joe — Bobbie Gentry · ChartReign