Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Slip Slidin' Away

Paul Simon

Entered Oct 15, 1977 · peaked at #5 on Jan 28, 1978 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 25, 1978

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Billboard Hot 100 · #5, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #36, 5 wk
Record Power
34.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
October 1977 – February 1978

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
Paul Simonprimary100%34.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 28, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1Baby Come BackPlayer
  2. #2Short PeopleRandy Newman
  3. #3Stayin' AliveBee Gees
  4. #4You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)Rod Stewart
  5. #5Slip Slidin' AwayPaul Simon
  6. #6We Are The ChampionsQueen
  7. #7How Deep Is Your LoveBee Gees
  8. #8Come Sail AwayStyx
  9. #9Just The Way You AreBilly Joel
  10. #10(Love Is) Thicker Than WaterAndy Gibb

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