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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Long Ago And Far Away

James Taylor

Entered Oct 2, 1971 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 20, 1971

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Record Power
6.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#31
1 week there · Nov 6, 1971
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
8
October 1971 – November 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
James Taylorprimary100%6.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 6, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1Gypsys, Tramps & ThievesCher
  2. #2Theme From ShaftIsaac Hayes
  3. #3Maggie May/Reason To BelieveRod Stewart
  4. #4ImagineJohn Lennon Plastic Ono Band
  5. #5Yo-YoThe Osmonds
  6. #6Superstar/Bless The Beasts And ChildrenCarpenters
  7. #7Peace TrainCat Stevens
  8. #8I've Found Someone Of My OwnThe Free Movement
  9. #9Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)Marvin Gaye
  10. #10The Night They Drove Old Dixie DownJoan Baez

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Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971.

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