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Once You Understand

Think

Entered Dec 4, 1971 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 27, 1974

Record Power
12.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#23
2 weeks there · first Jan 15, 1972
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
18
December 1971 – April 1974

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
Thinkprimary100%12.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 15, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1American Pie (Parts I & II)Don McLean
  2. #2Brand New KeyMelanie
  3. #3Let's Stay TogetherAl Green
  4. #4SunshineJonathan Edwards
  5. #5Family AffairSly & The Family Stone
  6. #6ScorpioDennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
  7. #7I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)The New Seekers
  8. #8Got To Be ThereMichael Jackson
  9. #9Hey Girl/I Knew You WhenDonny Osmond
  10. #10Clean Up WomanBetty Wright

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