Songs · UK Singles Chart

A Boy Named Sue

Johnny Cash

Entered Aug 31, 1969 · peaked at #4 on Sep 28, 1969 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 4, 1970

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UK Singles Chart · #4, 18 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #2, 12 wk
Record Power
33.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
18
August 1969 – January 1970

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
Johnny Cashprimary100%33.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 28, 1969 on the timeline →
  1. #1Bad Moon RisingCreedence Clearwater Revival
  2. #2I'll Never Fall in Love AgainBobbie Gentry
  3. #3Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus {Official Release}Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
  4. #4A Boy Named SueJohnny Cash
  5. #5Don't Forget To RememberBee Gees
  6. #6Good Morning StarshineOliver
  7. #7Throw Down a LineCliff Richard & Hank Marvin
  8. #8It's Getting BetterMama Cass
  9. #9Lay Lady LayBob Dylan
  10. #10In The Year 2525Zager & Evans

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A Boy Named Sue — Johnny Cash · ChartReign