Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Sail On

Commodores

Entered Aug 11, 1979 · peaked at #4 on Oct 13, 1979 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 1, 1979

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Billboard Hot 100 · #4, 17 wkUK Singles Chart · #8, 10 wk
Record Power
30.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
17
August 1979 – December 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
Commodoresprimary100%30.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 13, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1Don't Stop 'til You Get EnoughMichael Jackson
  2. #2RiseHerb Alpert
  3. #3Sad EyesRobert John
  4. #4Sail OnCommodores
  5. #5My SharonaThe Knack
  6. #6I'll Never Love This Way AgainDionne Warwick
  7. #7Pop MuzikM
  8. #8Dim All The LightsDonna Summer
  9. #9Lonesome LoserLittle River Band
  10. #10After The Love Has GoneEarth, Wind & Fire

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