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Foreigner

Charting Apr 30, 1978 → Mar 19, 1995 · 86 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 283 wk (3 at #1), UK Singles Chart 86 wk (3 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 283 wk UK Singles Chart · 86 wk Global Music Power · 294 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.09%; week of Feb 17, 1985
Career Power: 91; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 3; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 42; July 1984 – June 1985
Peak Five Years: 71; July 1980 – June 1985
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 86; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.55%; week of Jan 13, 1985
Comebacks: 1; January 1985

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jun 20, 1982	Jan 6, 1985	133	128	1.55%	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

15 records · 91 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
I Want To Know What Love IsApple Music	#1January 1985	17	December 1984 – April 1985	34.8
Waiting For A Girl Like YouApple Music	#8January 1982	13	December 1981 – February 1982	22.6
Cold As IceApple Music	#24August 1978	10	July 1978 – September 1978	8.7
That Was YesterdayApple Music	#28April 1985	6	March 1985 – May 1985	6.3
Feels Like The First TimeApple Music	#39May 1978	6	April 1978 – June 1978	3.8
Urgent {1982}	#45May 1982	5	May 1982 – May 1982	2.9
Blue Morning, Blue DayApple Music	#45February 1979	4	February 1979 – March 1979	2.2
Juke Box HeroApple Music	#48October 1981	4	October 1981 – October 1981	2.2
Hot BloodedApple Music	#42October 1978	3	October 1978 – November 1978	2.1
Say You WillApple Music	#71December 1987	6	November 1987 – January 1988	1.6
UrgentApple Music	#54August 1981	4	August 1981 – September 1981	1.6
Cold as Ice {1985}	#64June 1985	3	June 1985 – June 1985	0.9
White Lie	#58October 1994	2	October 1994 – October 1994	0.8
Until The End Of TimeApple Music	#84March 1995	2	March 1995 – March 1995	0.4
I Don't Want To Live Without YouApple Music	#91May 1988	2	May 1988 – June 1988	0.3

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