Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Please Mr. Postman

Carpenters

Entered Nov 23, 1974 · peaked at #1 on Jan 25, 1975 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 15, 1975

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 17 wkUK Singles Chart · #2, 12 wk
Record Power
29.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
1
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
17
November 1974 – March 1975

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
Carpentersprimary100%29.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 25, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1Please Mr. PostmanCarpenters
  2. #2Laughter In The RainNeil Sedaka
  3. #3MandyBarry Manilow
  4. #4FireOhio Players
  5. #5Boogie On Reggae WomanStevie Wonder
  6. #6You're No GoodLinda Ronstadt
  7. #7One Man Woman/One Woman ManPaul Anka & Odia Coates
  8. #8Morning Side Of The MountainDonny & Marie Osmond
  9. #9Never Can Say GoodbyeGloria Gaynor
  10. #10Pick Up The PiecesAWB

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