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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Hang On To Your Life

The Guess Who

Entered Jan 30, 1971 · 7 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 13, 1971

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Record Power
3.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#43
2 weeks there · first Feb 27, 1971
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
7
January 1971 – March 1971

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
The Guess Whoprimary100%3.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 27, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1One Bad AppleThe Osmonds
  2. #2Mama's PearlJackson 5
  3. #3Knock Three TimesDawn
  4. #4Rose GardenLynn Anderson
  5. #5If You Could Read My MindGordon Lightfoot
  6. #6I Hear You KnockingDave Edmunds
  7. #7Sweet MaryWadsworth Mansion
  8. #8Amos MosesJerry Reed
  9. #9Mr. BojanglesNitty Gritty Dirt Band
  10. #10Me And Bobby McGeeJanis Joplin

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