Songs · UK Singles Chart

Sylvia's Mother

Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show

Entered Jun 18, 1972 · peaked at #2 on Jul 23, 1972 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 10, 1972

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UK Singles Chart · #2, 13 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #5, 15 wk
Record Power
28.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
13
June 1972 – September 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%28.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 23, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1Puppy LoveDonny Osmond
  2. #2Sylvia's MotherDr. Hook And The Medicine Show
  3. #3Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2Gary Glitter
  4. #4Breaking Up Is Hard to DoThe Partridge Family
  5. #5Sea Side ShuffleTerry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs
  6. #6School's OutAlice Cooper
  7. #7I Can See Clearly NowJohnny Nash
  8. #8CirclesThe New Seekers
  9. #9Mad About YouBruce Ruffin
  10. #10StarmanDavid Bowie

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