Songs · Billboard Hot 100
People Got To Be Free
Entered Jul 20, 1968 · peaked at #1 on Aug 17, 1968 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 19, 1968
- Record Power
- 37.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 9
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 14
- July 1968 – October 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 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rascals | primary | 100% | 38.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 17, 1968 on the timeline →- #1People Got To Be FreeThe Rascals
- #2Hello, I Love YouThe Doors
- #3Classical GasMason Williams
- #4Born To Be WildSteppenwolf
- #5Light My FireJose Feliciano
- #6Stoned Soul PicnicThe 5th Dimension
- #7Turn Around, Look At MeThe Vogues
- #8Sunshine Of Your LoveCream
- #9Grazing In The GrassHugh Masekela
- #10Hurdy Gurdy ManDonovan
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