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Charting Aug 30, 1980Jun 25, 1983 · 43 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 43 wk, UK Singles Chart 22 wk

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Peak Power
1.56%
week of Dec 20, 1980
Career Power
39
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
31
February 1980 – February 1981
Peak Five Years
39
July 1978 – June 1983
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
43
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.31%
week of Nov 22, 1980
Comebacks
0
none detected

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

3 records · 39 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Whip It#142531.3
Working In The Coal Mine#43125.5
Theme From Doctor Detroit#5962.0

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At their peak

1980 in music

Devo's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1980 to February 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Air Supply123
  2. 2Queen107
  3. 3Diana Ross106
  4. 4Christopher Cross100
  5. 5Blondie95
  6. 6Kenny Rogers92
  7. 7Billy Joel91
  8. 8Bob Seger80
  9. 9Boz Scaggs73
  10. 10Olivia Newton-John72

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.