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Ventura Highway

America

Entered Oct 21, 1972 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 6, 1973

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Billboard Hot 100 · #8, 12 wkUK Singles Chart · #43, 4 wk
Record Power
19.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#8
2 weeks there · first Dec 9, 1972
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
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 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
Americaprimary100%19.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 9, 1972 on the timeline →
  1. #1I Am WomanHelen Reddy
  2. #2Papa Was A Rollin' StoneThe Temptations
  3. #3If You Don't Know Me By NowHarold Melvin And The Blue Notes
  4. #4I Can See Clearly NowJohnny Nash
  5. #5You Ought To Be With MeAl Green
  6. #6Me And Mrs. JonesBilly Paul
  7. #7It Never Rains In Southern CaliforniaAlbert Hammond
  8. #8Ventura HighwayAmerica
  9. #9ClairGilbert O'Sullivan
  10. #10I'm Stone In Love With YouThe Stylistics

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