Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Sylvia's Mother

Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show

Entered Apr 1, 1972 · peaked at #5 on Jun 3, 1972 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 8, 1972

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UK Singles Chart · #2, 13 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #5, 15 wk
Record Power
24.2
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
15
April 1972 – July 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
Dr. Hook And The Medicine Showprimary100%24.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 3, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1I'll Take You ThereThe Staple Singers
  2. #2Oh GirlThe Chi-lites
  3. #3The First Time Ever I Saw Your FaceRoberta Flack
  4. #4The Candy ManSammy Davis, Jr. & The Mike Curb Congregation
  5. #5Sylvia's MotherDr. Hook And The Medicine Show
  6. #6Morning Has BrokenCat Stevens
  7. #7Tumbling DiceThe Rolling Stones
  8. #8Nice To Be With YouGallery
  9. #9Hot Rod LincolnCommander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
  10. #10Look What You Done For MeAl Green

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