Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Why Should I Cry
Entered Feb 7, 1970 · peaked at #61 on Mar 7, 1970 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 14, 1970
- Record Power
- 2.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 6
- February 1970 – March 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gentrys | primary | 100% | 2.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 7, 1970 on the timeline →- #1Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
- #2Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop The RainCreedence Clearwater Revival
- #3Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody Is A StarSly & The Family Stone
- #4Rainy Night In Georgia/RubberneckinBrook Benton
- #5Hey There Lonely GirlEddie Holman
- #6Ma Belle AmieThe Tee Set
- #7The RapperThe Jaggerz
- #8Give Me Just A Little More TimeChairman Of The Board
- #9Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My HeadB.J. Thomas
- #10He Ain't Heavy, He's My BrotherThe Hollies