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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

You Make My Dreams

Daryl Hall and John Oates

Entered May 2, 1981 · 21 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 19, 1981

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Record Power
33.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#5
3 weeks there · first Jul 4, 1981
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
21
May 1981 – September 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
Daryl Hall and John Oatesprimary100%—

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 4, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Bette Davis EyesKim Carnes
  2. #2All Those Years AgoGeorge Harrison
  3. #3The One That You LoveAir Supply
  4. #4Jessie's GirlRick Springfield
  5. #5You Make My DreamsDaryl Hall and John Oates
  6. #6ElviraThe Oak Ridge Boys
  7. #7MedleyStars On 45
  8. #8A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
  9. #9Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)Joey Scarbury
  10. #10I Don't Need YouKenny Rogers

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