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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Lies

J.J. Cale

Entered Nov 4, 1972 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 23, 1972

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Record Power
4.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#42
2 weeks there · first Dec 2, 1972
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
8
November 1972 – December 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 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
J.J. Caleprimary100%4.5

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

The #1 songs of 1972

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Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.

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