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Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack

Entered Jan 27, 1973 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen May 12, 1973

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #6, 14 wk
Record Power
39.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#1
5 weeks there · first Feb 24, 1973
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
January 1973 – May 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
Roberta Flackprimary100%39.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 24, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1Killing Me Softly With His SongRoberta Flack
  2. #2Dueling BanjosDeliverance, Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
  3. #3Crocodile RockElton John
  4. #4You're So VainCarly Simon
  5. #5Could It Be I'm Falling In LoveThe Spinners
  6. #6Do It AgainSteely Dan
  7. #7Last SongEdward Bear
  8. #8Don't Expect Me To Be Your FriendLobo
  9. #9Love TrainThe O'Jays
  10. #10Rocky Mountain HighJohn Denver

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