<Tr> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <P> In the United Kingdom, the single peaked at No. 28 in its first week and dropped out of the Top 75 in three weeks . </P> <P> In the United States, "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was initially in the bottom half of the US Billboard Billboard Hot 100 chart . Only after Katharine McPhee sang the song on American Idol (in the 5th season) as part of a Billboard charts - based song selection did the tune rise rapidly in popularity; it jumped 56 positions on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, going from No. 79 to No. 23, and then moving to No. 20, becoming Tunstall's first single (and only, to date) to appear on that chart's Top 20 . McPhee would go on to sing the song again in her final performance show on 23 May 2006, finishing second to Taylor Hicks . </P> <P> Megan Joy also sang this song on American Idol, in season 8 . </P>

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