Songs · Billboard Hot 100
I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
Entered Aug 20, 1977 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 12, 1977
- Record Power
- 7.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #36
- 1 week there · Oct 8, 1977
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 13
- August 1977 – November 1977
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Parsons | primary | 100% | 7.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 8, 1977 on the timeline →- #1Star Wars Theme/Cantina BandMeco
- #2Keep It Comin' LoveKC And The Sunshine Band
- #3You Light Up My LifeDebby Boone
- #4Nobody Does It BetterCarly Simon
- #5That's Rock 'N' RollShaun Cassidy
- #6Best Of My LoveThe Emotions
- #7Boogie NightsHeatwave
- #8Cold As IceForeigner
- #9Brick HouseCommodores
- #10I Just Want To Be Your EverythingAndy Gibb
The #1 songs of 1977
1977 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977.
- Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) · Rod Stewart
- You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) · Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
- You Make Me Feel Like Dancing · Leo Sayer
- I Wish · Stevie Wonder
- Car Wash · Rose Royce
- Torn Between Two Lovers · Mary Macgregor
- Blinded By The Light · Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- New Kid In Town · Eagles
- Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born") · Barbra Streisand
- Rich Girl · Daryl Hall and John Oates
- Dancing Queen · ABBA
- Don't Give Up On Us · David Soul
- Don't Leave Me This Way · Thelma Houston
- Southern Nights · Glen Campbell
- Hotel California · Eagles
- When I Need You · Leo Sayer
- Sir Duke · Stevie Wonder
- I'm Your Boogie Man · KC And The Sunshine Band
- Dreams · Fleetwood Mac
- Got To Give It Up (Pt. I) · Marvin Gaye
- Gonna Fly Now · Bill Conti
- Undercover Angel · Alan O'Day
- Da Doo Ron Ron · Shaun Cassidy
- Looks Like We Made It · Barry Manilow
- I Just Want To Be Your Everything · Andy Gibb
- Best Of My Love · The Emotions
- Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band · Meco
- You Light Up My Life · Debby Boone
- How Deep Is Your Love · Bee Gees
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