Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Why Can't We Be Friends?
Entered May 3, 1975 · peaked at #6 on Aug 23, 1975 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 13, 1975
- Record Power
- 30.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 20
- May 1975 – September 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| War | primary | 100% | 30.5 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 23, 1975 on the timeline →- #1Fallin' In LoveHamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
- #2One Of These NightsEagles
- #3Get Down TonightKC And The Sunshine Band
- #4Jive TalkinBee Gees
- #5Rhinestone CowboyGlen Campbell
- #6Why Can't We Be Friends?War
- #7How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)James Taylor
- #8Someone Saved My Life TonightElton John
- #9At SeventeenJanis Ian
- #10Please Mr. PleaseOlivia Newton-John
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