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The Obvious Child

Paul Simon

Entered Dec 15, 1990 · 5 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 12, 1991

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UK Singles Chart · #15, 10 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #92, 5 wk
Record Power
0.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#92
1 week there · Jan 5, 1991
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
5
December 1990 – January 1991

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
Paul Simonprimary100%0.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 5, 1991 on the timeline →
  1. #1Justify My LoveMadonna
  2. #2Because I Love You (The Postman Song)Stevie B
  3. #3From A DistanceBette Midler
  4. #4High EnoughDamn Yankees
  5. #5Tom's DinerDNA feat. Suzanne Vega
  6. #6ImpulsiveWilson Phillips
  7. #7Love Will Never Do (Without You)Janet Jackson
  8. #8SensitivityRalph Tresvant
  9. #9The First TimeSurface
  10. #10I'm Your Baby TonightWhitney Houston

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