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Charting Apr 15, 1978Jun 25, 1983 · 56 weeks with chart power

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

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Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works

Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.

UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.

Peak Power
1.14%
week of Dec 20, 1980
Career Power
30
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
22
February 1980 – February 1981
Peak Five Years
28
December 1976 – November 1981
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
56
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.78%
week of Nov 29, 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 Global Music Power

8 records · 30 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Whip It#14#5125622.4
Working In The Coal Mine#43123.8
(I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction#4181.4
Theme From Doctor Detroit#5961.4
Come Back Jonee#6040.4
Joko Homo#6230.2
Theme from Dr Detroit#9830.1
Be Stiff#7110.1

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At their peak

Devo's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from February 1980 to February 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Diana Ross93
  2. 2Air Supply90
  3. 3Queen90
  4. 4Blondie90
  5. 5Kenny Rogers73
  6. 6Christopher Cross69
  7. 7Billy Joel69
  8. 8The Spinners65
  9. 9Barbra Streisand59
  10. 10Olivia Newton-John57

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.