Songs · Billboard Hot 100

What A Fool Believes

The Doobie Brothers

Entered Jan 20, 1979 · peaked at #1 on Apr 14, 1979 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 2, 1979

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #31, 11 wk
Record Power
38.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
1
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
January 1979 – June 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
The Doobie Brothersprimary100%38.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 14, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1What A Fool BelievesThe Doobie Brothers
  2. #2I Will SurviveGloria Gaynor
  3. #3Knock On WoodAmii Stewart
  4. #4Sultans Of SwingDire Straits
  5. #5Music Box DancerFrank Mills
  6. #6TragedyBee Gees
  7. #7ReunitedPeaches & Herb
  8. #8Heart Of GlassBlondie
  9. #9Stumblin' InSuzi Quatro & Chris Norman
  10. #10LadyLittle River Band

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