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Relative chart position needs clarification

I have an issue with the logic here:

"... 'Shame on the Moon'. It was the biggest hit of the Silver Bullet Band's entire career, hitting #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and holding at #2 for four consecutive weeks - behind Patti Austin and James Ingram's 'Baby, Come to Me' and Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' "

How is it possible to be at #1 or #2 and still be behind two other songs? Wouldn't that make you #3? --Jelsova (talk) 15:52, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You need to keep in mind that songs do not "have" to move one chart position at a time. It is quite possible that "Billie Jean" or "Baby, Come to Me" jumped two (or more) positions when either were at #3 (or lower) with Seger remaining at #2. I get the why behind your question as the sentence is a bit "clumsy". Chart position is determined by sales which can be volatile at times causing songs to move several positions forward or backward or not at all on a weekly basis.THX1136 (talk) 02:23, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

dodging the draft

Seger wrote the song "Ballad of the Yellow Beret" which ridiculed the draft dodgers of that time. Seger became eligible for the draft in 1963 when he turned 18 years old, but he was able to avoid the draft, the US Military, and Vietnam himself, completely. Like so many other celebrities who had the money, he was able to avoid doing any time in the military, but this was quite hypocritical on Segers part, considering his song "Ballad of the Yellow Beret." Jeffyce (talk) 06:39, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]