Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Billy Squier

Charting May 16, 1981 → Sep 30, 1989 · 114 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 114 wk, UK Singles Chart 3 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 114 wk UK Singles Chart · 3 wk Global Music Power · 114 wk

Peak Power: 1.30%; week of Sep 22, 1984
Career Power: 75; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 32; February 1981 – January 1982
Peak Five Years: 70; February 1980 – January 1985
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 114; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.20%; week of Sep 8, 1984
Comebacks: 1; Sep 1984

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

11 records · 75 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Rock Me ToniteApple Music	#15September 1984	16	July 1984 – October 1984	20.9	20.6
The StrokeApple Music	#17August 1981	20	May 1981 – September 1981	20.4	20.2
Everybody Wants YouApple Music	#32December 1982	17	October 1982 – January 1983	11.8	11.7
In The DarkApple Music	#35October 1981	12	September 1981 – November 1981	6.6	6.7
My Kinda LoverApple Music	#45January 1982	10	November 1981 – January 1982	4.8	4.7
Don't Say You Love MeApple Music	#58July 1989	15	June 1989 – September 1989	4.6	4.5
Eye On YouApple Music	#71January 1985	8	December 1984 – January 1985	1.9	1.9
Emotions In MotionApple Music	#68August 1982	6	August 1982 – September 1982	1.4	1.4
She's A RunnerApple Music	#75February 1983	6	February 1983 – March 1983	1.3	1.3
Love Is The HeroApple Music	#80October 1986	5	October 1986 – November 1986	0.9	0.9
All Night LongApple Music	#75November 1984	3	October 1984 – November 1984	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1981 in music →

Billy Squier's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1981 to January 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.