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Baby Can I Hold You

Tracy Chapman

Entered Nov 5, 1988 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 21, 1989

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Billboard Hot 100 · #48, 12 wkUK Singles Chart · #94, 2 wk
Record Power
5.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#48
3 weeks there · first Dec 24, 1988
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
November 1988 – January 1989

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
Tracy Chapmanprimary100%5.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 24, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1Every Rose Has Its ThornPoison
  2. #2My PrerogativeBobby Brown
  3. #3Look AwayChicago
  4. #4Giving You The Best That I GotAnita Baker
  5. #5Waiting For A Star To FallBoy Meets Girl
  6. #6Two HeartsPhil Collins
  7. #7Welcome To The JungleGuns N' Roses
  8. #8In Your RoomThe Bangles
  9. #9Walk On WaterEddie Money
  10. #10Don't Rush MeTaylor Dayne

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