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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Rocky Mountain High

John Denver

Entered Nov 25, 1972 · 19 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 31, 1973

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Record Power
28.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#9
2 weeks there · first Mar 3, 1973
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
19
November 1972 – March 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
John Denverprimary100%28.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 3, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1Killing Me Softly With His SongRoberta Flack
  2. #2Dueling BanjosDeliverance, Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
  3. #3Last SongEdward Bear
  4. #4Could It Be I'm Falling In LoveThe Spinners
  5. #5Crocodile RockElton John
  6. #6You're So VainCarly Simon
  7. #7Love TrainThe O'Jays
  8. #8Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)Deodato
  9. #9Rocky Mountain HighJohn Denver
  10. #10Don't Expect Me To Be Your FriendLobo

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