Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

The Temptations

Entered Oct 14, 1972 · peaked at #1 on Dec 2, 1972 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 27, 1973

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #14, 8 wk
Record Power
30.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
1
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
October 1972 – January 1973

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
The Temptationsprimary100%30.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 2, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1Papa Was A Rollin' StoneThe Temptations
  2. #2I Am WomanHelen Reddy
  3. #3I Can See Clearly NowJohnny Nash
  4. #4I'd Love You To Want MeLobo
  5. #5If You Don't Know Me By NowHarold Melvin And The Blue Notes
  6. #6Summer BreezeSeals & Crofts
  7. #7You Ought To Be With MeAl Green
  8. #8It Never Rains In Southern CaliforniaAlbert Hammond
  9. #9I'll Be AroundThe Spinners
  10. #10Ventura HighwayAmerica

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