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War

Entered Jul 10, 1976 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 23, 1976

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Record Power
25.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#7
2 weeks there · first Sep 25, 1976
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
July 1976 – October 1976

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
Warprimary100%25.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 25, 1976 on the timeline →
  1. #1Play That Funky MusicWild Cherry
  2. #2I'd Really Love To See You TonightEngland Dan & John Ford Coley
  3. #3A Fifth of BeethovenWalter Murphy
  4. #4(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your BootyKC And The Sunshine Band
  5. #5LowdownBoz Scaggs
  6. #6Devil WomanCliff Richard
  7. #7SummerWar
  8. #8If You Leave Me NowChicago
  9. #9Disco Duck (Part I)Rick Dees
  10. #10You'll Never Find Another Love Like MineLou Rawls

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