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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Easy To Be Hard

Cheryl Barnes & Hair Soundtrack

Entered Apr 28, 1979 · 7 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 9, 1979

Record Power
2.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#64
1 week there · Jun 2, 1979
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
7
April 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 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
Cheryl Barnesprimary50%1.1
Hair Soundtrackprimary50%1.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 2, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1Hot StuffDonna Summer
  2. #2ReunitedPeaches & Herb
  3. #3Love You Inside OutBee Gees
  4. #4We Are FamilySister Sledge
  5. #5Goodnight TonightWings
  6. #6Just When I Needed You MostRandy VanWarmer
  7. #7Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)Jackson 5
  8. #8In The NavyVillage People
  9. #9The Logical SongSupertramp
  10. #10Love Is The AnswerEngland Dan & John Ford Coley

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