Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Ball And Chain
Entered Aug 1, 1970 · peaked at #57 on Sep 5, 1970 · 7 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 12, 1970
- Record Power
- 2.4
- 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
- 7
- August 1970 – September 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy James | primary | 100% | 2.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 5, 1970 on the timeline →- #1WarEdwin Starr
- #2Ain't No Mountain High EnoughDiana Ross
- #3Make It With YouBread
- #4In The SummertimeMungo Jerry
- #5(They Long To Be) Close To YouCarpenters
- #625 Or 6 To 4Chicago
- #7PatchesClarence Carter
- #8(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?Ronnie Dyson
- #9Spill The WineEric Burdon & War
- #10Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The LightCreedence Clearwater Revival
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