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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Make A Little Magic

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Entered Jun 21, 1980 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 4, 1980

Record Power
14.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#25
3 weeks there · first Aug 16, 1980
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
June 1980 – October 1980

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
Nitty Gritty Dirt Bandprimary100%14.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 16, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1MagicOlivia Newton-John
  2. #2SailingChristopher Cross
  3. #3Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1The S.O.S. Band
  4. #4Emotional RescueThe Rolling Stones
  5. #5Upside DownDiana Ross
  6. #6It's Still Rock And Roll To MeBilly Joel
  7. #7Shining StarThe Manhattans
  8. #8Little JeannieElton John
  9. #9Let My Love Open The DoorPete Townshend
  10. #10More LoveKim Carnes

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