Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Breakdown (Part I)

Rufus Thomas

Entered Aug 14, 1971 · peaked at #31 on Oct 2, 1971 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 16, 1971

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Record Power
7.6
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
10
August 1971 – October 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Rufus Thomasprimary100%7.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 2, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1Maggie May/Reason To BelieveRod Stewart
  2. #2Go Away Little GirlDonny Osmond
  3. #3The Night They Drove Old Dixie DownJoan Baez
  4. #4Superstar/Bless The Beasts And ChildrenCarpenters
  5. #5Ain't No SunshineBill Withers
  6. #6Uncle Albert/Admiral HalseyPaul & Linda McCartney
  7. #7Spanish HarlemAretha Franklin
  8. #8Smiling Faces SometimesThe Undisputed Truth
  9. #9Yo-YoThe Osmonds
  10. #10Do You Know What I MeanLee Michaels

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