Songs · Billboard Hot 100

War

Edwin Starr

Entered Jul 11, 1970 · peaked at #1 on Aug 29, 1970 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 17, 1970

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 15 wkUK Singles Chart · #3, 12 wk
Record Power
37.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
July 1970 – October 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
Edwin Starrprimary100%38.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 29, 1970 on the timeline →
  1. #1WarEdwin Starr
  2. #2Make It With YouBread
  3. #3(They Long To Be) Close To YouCarpenters
  4. #4In The SummertimeMungo Jerry
  5. #5Spill The WineEric Burdon & War
  6. #6Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm YoursStevie Wonder
  7. #7PatchesClarence Carter
  8. #8(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?Ronnie Dyson
  9. #9Ain't No Mountain High EnoughDiana Ross
  10. #1025 Or 6 To 4Chicago

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War — Edwin Starr · ChartReign