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Earth, Wind & Fire

Entered Nov 18, 1978 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 10, 1979

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UK Singles Chart · #3, 14 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #8, 17 wk
Record Power
25.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#8
1 week there · Feb 10, 1979
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
17
November 1978 – March 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 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
Earth, Wind & Fireprimary100%26.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 10, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?Rod Stewart
  2. #2Y.M.C.A.Village People
  3. #3Le FreakChic
  4. #4A Little More LoveOlivia Newton-John
  5. #5FireThe Pointer Sisters
  6. #6Every 1's A WinnerHot Chocolate
  7. #7I Will SurviveGloria Gaynor
  8. #8SeptemberEarth, Wind & Fire
  9. #9Too Much HeavenBee Gees
  10. #10Lotta LoveNicolette Larson

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