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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Imaginary Lover

Atlanta Rhythm Section

Entered Mar 4, 1978 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 24, 1978

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Record Power
26.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#7
1 week there · Jun 3, 1978
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
17
March 1978 – June 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
Atlanta Rhythm Sectionprimary100%27.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 3, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1Too Much, Too Little, Too LateJohnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
  2. #2You're The One That I WantJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
  3. #3Shadow DancingAndy Gibb
  4. #4With A Little LuckWings
  5. #5Feels So GoodChuck Mangione
  6. #6The Closer I Get To YouRoberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
  7. #7Imaginary LoverAtlanta Rhythm Section
  8. #8On BroadwayGeorge Benson
  9. #9Take A Chance On MeABBA
  10. #10This Time I'm In It For LovePlayer

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