Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Brand New Key

Melanie

Entered Oct 30, 1971 · peaked at #1 on Dec 25, 1971 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 26, 1972

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 18 wkUK Singles Chart · #4, 12 wk
Record Power
41.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
18
October 1971 – February 1972

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
Melanieprimary100%41.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 25, 1971 on the timeline →
  1. #1Brand New KeyMelanie
  2. #2Family AffairSly & The Family Stone
  3. #3American Pie (Parts I & II)Don McLean
  4. #4An Old Fashioned Love SongThree Dog Night
  5. #5Got To Be ThereMichael Jackson
  6. #6Have You Seen HerThe Chi-lites
  7. #7All I Ever Need Is YouSonny & Cher
  8. #8ScorpioDennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
  9. #9CherishDavid Cassidy
  10. #10Hey Girl/I Knew You WhenDonny Osmond

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Brand New Key — Melanie · ChartReign