Songs · Billboard Hot 100

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

Elton John

Entered Oct 29, 1983 · peaked at #4 on Jan 28, 1984 · 23 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 31, 1984

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Billboard Hot 100 · #4, 23 wkUK Singles Chart · #5, 15 wk
Record Power
36.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
23
October 1983 – March 1984

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 the song 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
Elton Johnprimary100%36.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 28, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1Owner Of A Lonely HeartYes
  2. #2Karma ChameleonCulture Club
  3. #3Talking In Your SleepThe Romantics
  4. #4I Guess That's Why They Call It The BluesElton John
  5. #5Break My StrideMatthew Wilder
  6. #6JoannaKool & The Gang
  7. #7Say Say SayPaul McCartney & Michael Jackson
  8. #8Running With The NightLionel Richie
  9. #9Twist Of FateOlivia Newton-John
  10. #10That's AllGenesis

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I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues — Elton John · ChartReign