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Songs · UK Singles Chart

It's Better To Have (and Don't Need)

Don Covay

Entered Sep 1, 1974 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 6, 1974

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UK Singles Chart · #29, 6 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #63, 6 wk
Record Power
6.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#29
1 week there · Sep 15, 1974
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
6
September 1974 – October 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 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
Don Covayprimary100%6.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 15, 1974 on the timeline →
  1. #1Kung Fu FightingCarl Douglas
  2. #2Love Me For A ReasonThe Osmonds
  3. #3ANNIE's SONGJohn Denver
  4. #4Hang On In There BabyJohnny Bristol
  5. #5I'm Leaving It (All) Up To YouDonny & Marie Osmond
  6. #6Y Viva EspanaSylvia
  7. #7You You YouAlvin Stardust
  8. #8Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, BabeBarry White
  9. #9Queen Of ClubsKC And The Sunshine Band
  10. #10Na Na NaCozy Powell

The #1 songs of 1974

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Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1974.

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