Songs · Billboard Hot 100

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Kool & The Gang

Entered Oct 26, 1985 · peaked at #18 on Dec 28, 1985 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 8, 1986

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Billboard Hot 100 · #18, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #50, 3 wk
Record Power
17.3
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
16
October 1985 – February 1986

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
Kool & The Gangprimary100%17.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 28, 1985 on the timeline →
  1. #1Say You, Say MeLionel Richie
  2. #2Party All The TimeEddie Murphy
  3. #3Alive & KickingSimple Minds
  4. #4That's What Friends Are ForDionne & Friends
  5. #5I Miss YouKlymaxx
  6. #6Small TownJohn Mellencamp
  7. #7Broken WingsMr. Mister
  8. #8Separate LivesPhil Collins & Marilyn Martin
  9. #9Tonight She ComesThe Cars
  10. #10Election DayArcadia

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