Songs · Billboard Hot 100
I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)
Entered May 4, 1968 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 22, 1968
- Record Power
- 2.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #68
- 2 weeks there · first Jun 8, 1968
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 8
- May 1968 – June 1968
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Burke | primary | 100% | 2.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 8, 1968 on the timeline →- #1Mrs. RobinsonSimon & Garfunkel
- #2Tighten UpArchie Bell & The Drells
- #3This Guy's In Love With YouHerb Alpert
- #4The Good the Bad and the UglyHugo Montenegro
- #5Mony MonyTommy James And The Shondells
- #6Yummy Yummy YummyOhio Express
- #7MacArthur ParkRichard Harris
- #8A Beautiful MorningThe Young Rascals
- #9ThinkAretha Franklin
- #10HoneyBobby Goldsboro
The #1 songs of 1968
1968 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968.
- Hello Goodbye · The Beatles
- Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) · John Fred And The Playboys
- Green Tambourine · The Lemon Pipers
- Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu) · Paul Mauriat
- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay · Otis Redding
- Honey · Bobby Goldsboro
- Tighten Up · Archie Bell & The Drells
- Mrs. Robinson · Simon & Garfunkel
- This Guy's In Love With You · Herb Alpert
- Grazing In The Grass · Hugh Masekela
- Hello, I Love You · The Doors
- People Got To Be Free · The Young Rascals
- Harper Valley P.T.A. · Jeannie C. Riley
- Hey Jude · The Beatles
- Love Child · Diana Ross & The Supremes
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine · Marvin Gaye
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