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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Reach Out Of The Darkness

Friend And Lover

Entered May 18, 1968 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 17, 1968

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Record Power
23.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#10
3 weeks there · first Jun 22, 1968
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
May 1968 – August 1968

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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
Friend And Loverprimary100%23.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 22, 1968 on the timeline →
  1. #1This Guy's In Love With YouHerb Alpert
  2. #2MacArthur ParkRichard Harris
  3. #3Mrs. RobinsonSimon & Garfunkel
  4. #4Yummy Yummy YummyOhio Express
  5. #5The Look Of LoveSergio Mendes & Brasil '66
  6. #6Mony MonyTommy James And The Shondells
  7. #7ThinkAretha Franklin
  8. #8Angel Of The MorningMerrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
  9. #9Tighten UpArchie Bell & The Drells
  10. #10Reach Out Of The DarknessFriend And Lover

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