Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Entered Jul 3, 1971 · peaked at #4 on Aug 21, 1971 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 18, 1971
- Record Power
- 24.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 12
- July 1971 – September 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Gaye | primary | 100% | 24.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 21, 1971 on the timeline →- #1How Can You Mend A Broken HeartBee Gees
- #2Mr. Big StuffJean Knight
- #3Take Me Home, Country RoadsJohn Denver
- #4Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)Marvin Gaye
- #5You've Got A FriendJames Taylor
- #6Sweet Hitch-HikerCreedence Clearwater Revival
- #7Beginnings/Colour My WorldChicago
- #8SignsFive Man Electrical Band
- #9Draggin' The LineTommy James
- #10LiarThree Dog Night
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