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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

(It's The Way) Nature Planned It

Four Tops

Entered Sep 9, 1972 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 4, 1972

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Record Power
4.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#53
1 week there · Oct 21, 1972
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
9
September 1972 – November 1972

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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
Four Topsprimary100%4.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 21, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1My Ding-A-LingChuck Berry
  2. #2Use MeBill Withers
  3. #3Burning LoveElvis Presley
  4. #4Everybody Plays The FoolThe Main Ingredient
  5. #5Nights In White SatinThe Moody Blues
  6. #6BenMichael Jackson
  7. #7Baby Don't Get Hooked On MeMac Davis
  8. #8Garden PartyRick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band
  9. #9PopcornHot Butter
  10. #10Go All The WayRaspberries

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