Songs · Billboard Hot 100
I Gotta Try
Entered Nov 13, 1982 · peaked at #44 on Dec 25, 1982 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 22, 1983
- Record Power
- 6.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 11
- November 1982 – January 1983
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael McDonald | primary | 100% | 6.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 25, 1982 on the timeline →- #1ManeaterDaryl Hall John Oates
- #2MickeyToni Basil
- #3The Girl Is MineMichael Jackson & Paul McCartney
- #4Dirty LaundryDon Henley
- #5GloriaLaura Branigan
- #6Steppin' OutJoe Jackson
- #7Sexual HealingMarvin Gaye
- #8Down UnderMen At Work
- #9Rock This TownStray Cats
- #10TrulyLionel Richie
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