Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Troglodyte (Cave Man)
Entered May 13, 1972 · peaked at #6 on Jun 24, 1972 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 29, 1972
- Record Power
- 22.9
- 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
- 12
- May 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jimmy Castor Bunch | primary | 100% | 23.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 24, 1972 on the timeline →- #1The Candy ManSammy Davis, Jr. & The Mike Curb Congregation
- #2Song Sung BlueNeil Diamond
- #3Outa-SpaceBilly Preston
- #4Nice To Be With YouGallery
- #5I'll Take You ThereThe Staple Singers
- #6Troglodyte (Cave Man)The Jimmy Castor Bunch
- #7Lean On MeBill Withers
- #8(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At AllThe 5th Dimension
- #9Oh GirlThe Chi-lites
- #10Too Late To Turn Back NowCornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
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