Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)

Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins' Singers

Entered Apr 25, 1970 · peaked at #6 on Jul 11, 1970 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 15, 1970

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Record Power
30.7
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
17
April 1970 – August 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
Melanieprimary50%15.5
The Edwin Hawkins' Singersprimary50%15.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 11, 1970 on the timeline →
  1. #1Mama Told Me (Not To Come)Three Dog Night
  2. #2The Love You Save/I Found That GirlJackson 5
  3. #3Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)The Temptations
  4. #4Ride Captain RideBlues Image
  5. #5Band Of GoldFreda Payne
  6. #6Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins' Singers
  7. #7(They Long To Be) Close To YouCarpenters
  8. #8The Long And Winding Road/For You BlueThe Beatles
  9. #9The Wonder Of You/Mama Liked The RosesElvis Presley
  10. #10Hitchin' A RideVanity Fare

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