Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Why Can't We Live Together

Timmy Thomas

Entered Nov 25, 1972 · peaked at #3 on Feb 10, 1973 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 3, 1973

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Billboard Hot 100 · #3, 15 wkUK Singles Chart · #12, 11 wk
Record Power
27.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
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 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
Timmy Thomasprimary100%27.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 10, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1Crocodile RockElton John
  2. #2You're So VainCarly Simon
  3. #3Why Can't We Live TogetherTimmy Thomas
  4. #4Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?Hurricane Smith
  5. #5SuperstitionStevie Wonder
  6. #6Do It AgainSteely Dan
  7. #7The World Is A GhettoWar
  8. #8Trouble ManMarvin Gaye
  9. #9Don't Expect Me To Be Your FriendLobo
  10. #10Could It Be I'm Falling In LoveThe Spinners

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