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The Waiting

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Entered May 2, 1981 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 25, 1981

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Record Power
12.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#19
2 weeks there · first Jun 13, 1981
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
13
May 1981 – July 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
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakersprimary100%13.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 13, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Bette Davis EyesKim Carnes
  2. #2MedleyStars On 45
  3. #3SukiyakiA Taste Of Honey
  4. #4Being With YouSmokey Robinson
  5. #5A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
  6. #6Living Inside MyselfGino Vannelli
  7. #7All Those Years AgoGeorge Harrison
  8. #8AmericaNeil Diamond
  9. #9Take It On The RunREO Speedwagon
  10. #10SweetheartFranke & The Knockouts

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