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Charting Aug 18, 1974 → Oct 16, 1988 · 123 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 302 wk (6 at #1), UK Singles Chart 123 wk (5 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 302 wk UK Singles Chart · 123 wk Global Music Power · 327 wk

Peak Power: 2.25%; week of Oct 1, 1978
Career Power: 170; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 5; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 44; October 1977 – October 1978
Peak Five Years: 111; December 1976 – November 1981
Top-five weeks: 14; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 123; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Sep 10, 1978
Comebacks: 2; August 1977, February 1985

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Feb 2, 1975	Aug 7, 1977	130	124	1.01%	1.15%
After decline	Mar 23, 1980	Feb 24, 1985	256	94	2.25%	1.02%

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

19 records · 170 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
Three Times A LadyApple Music	#1August 1978	14	July 1978 – October 1978	34.7
NightshiftApple Music	#3March 1985	14	January 1985 – April 1985	25.7
StillApple Music	#4November 1979	11	October 1979 – January 1980	20.3
EasyApple Music	#9August 1977	10	June 1977 – August 1977	19.5
Sail OnApple Music	#8September 1979	10	August 1979 – October 1979	15.1
Machine GunApple Music	#20September 1974	11	August 1974 – October 1974	14.7
Easy {1988}	#15September 1988	11	August 1988 – October 1988	13.6
Brickhouse/Sweet Love	#32October 1977	6	October 1977 – November 1977	6.0
Flying HighApple Music	#37July 1978	7	June 1978 – July 1978	4.7
WonderlandApple Music	#40January 1980	4	January 1980 – February 1980	2.6
Too Hot to Trot/Zoom	#38March 1978	3	March 1978 – March 1978	2.5
Goin' To The BankApple Music	#43October 1986	4	October 1986 – November 1986	2.3
Oh NoApple Music	#44November 1981	3	November 1981 – November 1981	2.1
Lady (You Bring Me Up)Apple Music	#56August 1981	5	July 1981 – August 1981	2.0
The Zoo (the Human Zoo)	#44November 1974	2	November 1974 – November 1974	1.6
Just To Be Close To YouApple Music	#62November 1978	4	November 1978 – December 1978	1.6
Animal Instinct	#74May 1985	2	May 1985 – May 1985	0.5
Only YouApple Music	#93September 1983	2	September 1983 – October 1983	0.3
Janet	#90September 1985	1	September 1985	0.2

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