Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Mama Can't Buy You Love
Entered Jun 9, 1979 · peaked at #9 on Aug 25, 1979 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 6, 1979
- Record Power
- 29.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 18
- June 1979 – October 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elton John | primary | 100% | 29.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 25, 1979 on the timeline →- #1My SharonaThe Knack
- #2Good TimesChic
- #3The Main Event/FightBarbra Streisand
- #4After The Love Has GoneEarth, Wind & Fire
- #5Bad GirlsDonna Summer
- #6Don't Bring Me DownElectric Light Orchestra
- #7The Devil Went Down To GeorgiaThe Charlie Daniels Band
- #8Lead Me OnMaxine Nightingale
- #9Mama Can't Buy You LoveElton John
- #10Sad EyesRobert John
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