Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Billy, Don't Be A Hero

Bo Donaldson And The Heywoods

Entered Apr 20, 1974 · peaked at #1 on Jun 15, 1974 · 19 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 24, 1974

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Record Power
32.5
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
19
April 1974 – August 1974

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
Bo Donaldson And The Heywoodsprimary100%32.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 15, 1974 on the timeline →
  1. #1Billy, Don't Be A HeroBo Donaldson And The Heywoods
  2. #2You Make Me Feel Brand NewThe Stylistics
  3. #3SundownGordon Lightfoot
  4. #4The StreakRay Stevens
  5. #5Band On The RunPaul McCartney And Wings
  6. #6Dancing MachineJackson 5
  7. #7Be Thankful For What You GotWilliam DeVaughn
  8. #8The EntertainerMarvin Hamlisch/"The Sting
  9. #9For The Love Of MoneyThe O'Jays
  10. #10Midnight At The OasisMaria Muldaur

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