Songs · Billboard Hot 100

MacArthur Park

Donna Summer

Entered Sep 9, 1978 · peaked at #1 on Nov 11, 1978 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 20, 1979

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #5, 10 wk
Record Power
42.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
September 1978 – January 1979

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
Donna Summerprimary100%42.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 11, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1MacArthur ParkDonna Summer
  2. #2You Needed MeAnne Murray
  3. #3Double VisionForeigner
  4. #4How Much I FeelAmbrosia
  5. #5Hot Child In The CityNick Gilder
  6. #6Kiss You All OverExile
  7. #7Whenever I Call You "FriendKenny Loggins
  8. #8Beast Of BurdenThe Rolling Stones
  9. #9Get OffFoxy
  10. #10I Just Wanna StopGino Vannelli

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