Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Theme From Close Encounters
Entered Jan 7, 1978 · peaked at #25 on Feb 18, 1978 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 11, 1978
- Record Power
- 10.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 10
- January 1978 – March 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meco | primary | 100% | 10.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 18, 1978 on the timeline →- #1Stayin' AliveBee Gees
- #2(Love Is) Thicker Than WaterAndy Gibb
- #3Just The Way You AreBilly Joel
- #4We Are The ChampionsQueen
- #5Sometimes When We TouchDan Hill
- #6EmotionSamantha Sang
- #7Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)Chic
- #8Short PeopleRandy Newman
- #9Baby Come BackPlayer
- #10How Deep Is Your LoveBee Gees
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