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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Is It Because I'm Black

Syl Johnson

Entered Dec 13, 1969 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 17, 1970

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Record Power
1.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#68
1 week there · Jan 17, 1970
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
6
December 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 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
Syl Johnsonprimary100%1.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 17, 1970 on the timeline →
  1. #1Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My HeadB.J. Thomas
  2. #2VenusThe Shocking Blue
  3. #3I Want You BackJackson 5
  4. #4Someday We'll Be TogetherDiana Ross & The Supremes
  5. #5Whole Lotta LoveLed Zeppelin
  6. #6Leaving On A Jet PlanePeter, Paul & Mary
  7. #7Don't Cry Daddy/RubberneckinElvis Presley
  8. #8Jam Up Jelly TightTommy Roe
  9. #9Down On The Corner/Fortunate SonCreedence Clearwater Revival
  10. #10Midnight CowboyFerrante & Teicher

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