Artists · UK Singles Chart

Bob Dylan

Charting Mar 25, 1965 → Dec 27, 2009 · 139 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 181 wk, UK Singles Chart 139 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 181 wk UK Singles Chart · 139 wk Global Music Power · 239 wk

Peak Power: 2.36%; week of Dec 9, 1965
Career Power: 223; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 103; March 1965 – February 1966
Peak Five Years: 169; December 1964 – November 1969
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 139; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.88%; week of May 13, 1965
Comebacks: 3; October 1969, November 1973, September 1978

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Nov 17, 1966	Oct 5, 1969	151	130	2.36%	1.08%
After absence	Jan 25, 1970	Nov 11, 1973	198	108	2.36%	1.06%
After absence	Jan 6, 1974	Sep 3, 1978	242	125	2.36%	1.10%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

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

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

26 records · 223 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Like A Rolling StoneApple Music	#4September 1965	12	August 1965 – November 1965	25.8
Positively 4th StreetApple Music	#8December 1965	12	October 1965 – January 1966	24.6
Lay Lady LayApple Music	#5October 1969	12	September 1969 – November 1969	23.9
Baby Stop Crying	#13August 1978	11	July 1978 – October 1978	17.4
Subterranean Homesick Blues	#9May 1965	9	April 1965 – June 1965	16.6
Rainy Day Women Nos 12 and 35	#7June 1966	8	May 1966 – June 1966	16.5
The Times They Are A-Changin	#9April 1965	10	March 1965 – June 1965	16.3
Knockin' On Heaven's DoorApple Music	#14October 1973	9	September 1973 – November 1973	15.2
I Want YouApple Music	#16August 1966	9	July 1966 – September 1966	15.1
Watching The River Flow	#24August 1971	9	July 1971 – August 1971	11.3
Maggie's Farm	#22July 1965	8	June 1965 – August 1965	9.2
Can You Please Crawl Out of Your Window	#17January 1966	5	January 1966 – February 1966	7.8
I Threw It All Away	#30June 1969	6	May 1969 – June 1969	6.3
One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)	#33May 1966	5	April 1966 – May 1966	4.4
Hurricane	#43February 1976	4	February 1976 – February 1976	2.9
Times They Are A-Changin	#13April 1965	1	April 1965	2.3
Dignity	#33May 1995	2	May 1995 – May 1995	1.8
Is Your Love in Vain	#56October 1978	3	October 1978 – November 1978	1.2
Must Be Santa	#41December 2009	2	December 2009 – December 2009	1.1
Most Likely You Go Your Way	#51September 2007	2	September 2007 – October 2007	0.8
Things Have Changed	#58October 2000	2	October 2000 – October 2000	0.7
Love Sick	#64July 1998	2	July 1998 – July 1998	0.6
Blowin' in the Wind	#93March 2009	3	March 2009 – March 2009	0.4
Union Showdown	#90November 1983	2	November 1983 – November 1983	0.3
Unbelievable	#93September 1990	1	September 1990	0.2
Everything Is Broken	#98October 1989	1	October 1989	0.1

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