Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Hey Jude

The Beatles

Entered Sep 14, 1968 · peaked at #1 on Sep 28, 1968 · 19 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 18, 1969

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 19 wkUK Singles Chart · #1, 20 wk
Record Power
55.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
9
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
14
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
19
September 1968 – January 1969

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 Beatlesprimary100%56.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 28, 1968 on the timeline →
  1. #1Hey JudeThe Beatles
  2. #2Harper Valley P.T.A.Jeannie C. Riley
  3. #3People Got To Be FreeThe Rascals
  4. #4HushDeep Purple
  5. #5FireThe Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
  6. #6The Fool On The HillSergio Mendes & Brasil '66
  7. #71, 2, 3, Red Light1910 Fruitgum Co.
  8. #8I've Gotta Get A Message To YouBee Gees
  9. #9Girl WatcherThe O'Kaysions
  10. #10Slip AwayClarence Carter

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