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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On

The Kings

Entered Aug 23, 1980 · 23 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 24, 1981

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Record Power
8.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#43
1 week there · Dec 13, 1980
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
23
August 1980 – January 1981

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
The Kingsprimary100%8.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 13, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1LadyKenny Rogers
  2. #2More Than I Can SayLeo Sayer
  3. #3Another One Bites The DustQueen
  4. #4(Just Like) Starting OverJohn Lennon
  5. #5Master Blaster (Jammin')Stevie Wonder
  6. #6Love On The RocksNeil Diamond
  7. #7Hungry HeartBruce Springsteen
  8. #8Woman In LoveBarbra Streisand
  9. #9GuiltyBarbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
  10. #10Hit Me With Your Best ShotPat Benatar

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