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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Entered Nov 5, 1977 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 25, 1978

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Record Power
7.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#40
1 week there · Feb 18, 1978
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
17
November 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 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
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakersprimary100%7.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 18, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1Stayin' AliveBee Gees
  2. #2(Love Is) Thicker Than WaterAndy Gibb
  3. #3Just The Way You AreBilly Joel
  4. #4We Are The ChampionsQueen
  5. #5Sometimes When We TouchDan Hill
  6. #6EmotionSamantha Sang
  7. #7Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)Chic
  8. #8Short PeopleRandy Newman
  9. #9Baby Come BackPlayer
  10. #10How Deep Is Your LoveBee Gees

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