Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vicki Lawrence

Entered Feb 10, 1973 · peaked at #1 on Apr 7, 1973 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 23, 1973

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Record Power
37.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
February 1973 – June 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
Vicki Lawrenceprimary100%37.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 7, 1973 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Night The Lights Went Out In GeorgiaVicki Lawrence
  2. #2Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)Gladys Knight And The Pips
  3. #3Killing Me Softly With His SongRoberta Flack
  4. #4Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)Four Tops
  5. #5Break Up To Make UpThe Stylistics
  6. #6Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak TreeDawn feat. Tony Orlando
  7. #7SingCarpenters
  8. #8Danny's SongAnne Murray
  9. #9Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)Deodato
  10. #10The Cisco KidWar

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