Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Daryl Hall and John Oates

Charting Feb 9, 1974 → Feb 5, 2005 · 442 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 442 wk (25 crowns), UK Singles Chart 110 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Distributed by RCA Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Decade: 1980s
Artist of the Year: 1981
1982

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
25 crowns
Longest reign 11 weeks (Nov 1981 – Jan 1982) · First crown Mar 1977
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19742023
Longest reign 2 weeks (Feb 1982) · First crown Feb 1982

Billboard Hot 100 · 442 wk UK Singles Chart · 110 wk Global Music Power · 454 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 3.48%; week of Jan 30, 1982
Career Power: 750; share-weeks
Crowns: 25; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 154; March 1981 – March 1982
Peak Five Years: 503; August 1980 – July 1985
Top-five weeks: 63; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 442; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.46%; week of Nov 28, 1981
Comebacks: 3; Jan 1980 · Jun 1988 · Dec 1990

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

34 records · 750 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
ManeaterApple Music	#1December 1982	23	October 1982 – March 1983	48.9	49.7
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)Apple Music	#1January 1982	21	November 1981 – April 1982	48.1	49.4
Out of TouchApple Music	#1December 1984	23	September 1984 – March 1985	42.8	43.2
KISS on My ListApple Music	#1April 1981	23	January 1981 – June 1981	42.6	43.0
Say It Isn't SoApple Music	#2December 1983	18	October 1983 – February 1984	41.9	41.2
Private EyesApple Music	#1November 1981	23	August 1981 – January 1982	41.5	43.4
Sara SmileApple Music	#4June 1976	28	January 1976 – August 1976	41.2	41.1
Rich GirlApple Music	#1March 1977	20	January 1977 – June 1977	34.5	34.8
She's GoneApple Music	#7October 1976	28	February 1974 – December 1976	34.2	34.3
You Make My DreamsApple Music	#5July 1981	21	May 1981 – September 1981	32.6	33.3
One on OneApple Music	#7April 1983	18	January 1983 – May 1983	31.6	32.7
You've Lost That Lovin' FeelingApple Music	#12November 1980	20	September 1980 – February 1981	30.0	29.4
Adult EducationApple Music	#8April 1984	17	February 1984 – June 1984	26.9	26.5
Everything Your Heart DesiresApple Music	#3June 1988	16	April 1988 – July 1988	26.7	26.7
Family ManApple Music	#6June 1983	16	April 1983 – August 1983	26.3	26.4
Did It In A MinuteApple Music	#9May 1982	16	March 1982 – July 1982	25.5	25.7
Method of Modern LoveApple Music	#5February 1985	19	December 1984 – April 1985	25.1	26.7
So CloseApple Music	#11December 1990	19	September 1990 – February 1991	22.0	21.8
Wait For MeApple Music	#18January 1980	19	October 1979 – March 1980	18.8	18.6
Some Things Are Better Left UnsaidApple Music	#18May 1985	13	March 1985 – June 1985	14.6	14.6
It's A LaughApple Music	#20November 1978	14	August 1978 – November 1978	13.3	13.2
The Way You Do The Things You Do/My GirlApple Music	#20October 1985	11	August 1985 – November 1985	11.8	11.6
Possession ObsessionApple Music	#30July 1985	12	June 1985 – August 1985	9.2	9.0
Do What You Want, Be What You AreApple Music	#39December 1976	15	October 1976 – February 1977	8.9	9.9
Your ImaginationApple Music	#33August 1982	11	June 1982 – August 1982	8.8	8.7
Missed OpportunityApple Music	#29August 1988	11	July 1988 – September 1988	8.4	8.3
How Does It Feel To Be BackApple Music	#30September 1980	13	July 1980 – October 1980	8.3	8.4
Back Together AgainApple Music	#28June 1977	10	May 1977 – July 1977	7.3	7.6
Downtown LifeApple Music	#31November 1988	9	October 1988 – November 1988	6.3	6.2
I Don't Wanna Lose YouApple Music	#42January 1979	10	December 1978 – February 1979	5.0	5.0
Don't Hold Back Your LoveApple Music	#41February 1991	11	January 1991 – March 1991	4.6	4.6
Why Do Lovers (Break Each Other's Heart?)Apple Music	#73November 1977	6	October 1977 – November 1977	1.4	1.4
It's UncannyApple Music	#80August 1977	3	July 1977 – August 1977	0.6	0.6
I'll Be AroundApple Music	#97February 2005	3	January 2005 – February 2005	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1981 in music →

Daryl Hall and John Oates's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1981 to March 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.