Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Four Tops

Charting Aug 15, 1964 → Oct 29, 1988 · 374 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 374 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 308 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Aug 1965) · First crown Aug 1965
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Oct–Nov 1966) · First crown Oct 1966
Global Music Power
7 crowns
19641989
Longest reign 4 weeks (Oct–Nov 1966) · First crown Aug 1965

Billboard Hot 100 · 374 wk UK Singles Chart · 308 wk Global Music Power · 519 wk

Peak Power: 2.81%; week of Sep 4, 1965
Career Power: 421; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 88; August 1966 – August 1967
Peak Five Years: 241; July 1964 – June 1969
Top-five weeks: 24; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 374; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.03%; week of Aug 7, 1965
Comebacks: 3; Oct 1970 · Dec 1972 · Oct 1981, after 8 quiet years

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

45 records · 421 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
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)Apple Music	#1June 1965	14	May 1965 – August 1965	37.2	36.8
Reach Out I'll Be ThereApple Music	#1October 1966	15	September 1966 – December 1966	32.8	32.6
Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)Apple Music	#4April 1973	15	February 1973 – May 1973	28.2	28.2
When She Was My GirlApple Music	#11November 1981	22	August 1981 – January 1982	25.6	25.2
BernadetteApple Music	#4April 1967	10	March 1967 – May 1967	21.5	21.0
Still Water (Love)Apple Music	#11October 1970	14	August 1970 – November 1970	21.3	21.2
Standing In The Shadows Of LoveApple Music	#6January 1967	10	December 1966 – February 1967	21.1	21.0
Baby I Need Your LovingApple Music	#11October 1964	12	August 1964 – October 1964	20.3	19.8
Keeper Of The CastleApple Music	#10January 1973	12	November 1972 – January 1973	19.5	19.4
It's The Same Old SongApple Music	#5August 1965	9	July 1965 – September 1965	18.9	19.7
Are You Man EnoughApple Music	#15September 1973	13	June 1973 – September 1973	15.6	15.5
It's All In The GameApple Music	#24July 1970	13	April 1970 – July 1970	12.9	12.8
Walk Away ReneeApple Music	#14March 1968	8	February 1968 – March 1968	11.8	11.7
7 Rooms Of GloomApple Music	#14June 1967	8	May 1967 – July 1967	11.3	11.2
If I Were A CarpenterApple Music	#20June 1968	10	April 1968 – June 1968	11.1	11.0
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)Apple Music	#18March 1966	9	February 1966 – April 1966	10.0	9.9
You Keep Running AwayApple Music	#19October 1967	8	September 1967 – November 1967	9.8	9.8
Something About YouApple Music	#19December 1965	7	November 1965 – December 1965	9.6	9.5
Ask The LonelyApple Music	#24March 1965	8	February 1965 – March 1965	8.4	8.3
River Deep - Mountain Highwith The SupremesApple Music	#14January 1971	10	November 1970 – January 1971	7.9	15.9
IndestructibleApple Music	#35October 1988	11	August 1988 – October 1988	6.4	6.3
Sweet Understanding LoveApple Music	#33November 1973	9	October 1973 – December 1973	6.2	6.2
MacArthur Park (Part II)Apple Music	#38October 1971	8	September 1971 – October 1971	5.4	5.4
Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)Apple Music	#40February 1971	8	January 1971 – March 1971	5.0	5.2
One Chain Don't Make No PrisonApple Music	#41June 1974	8	May 1974 – June 1974	4.3	4.3
Don't Let Him Take Your Love From MeApple Music	#45December 1969	7	December 1969 – January 1970	4.2	4.1
(It's The Way) Nature Planned ItApple Music	#53October 1972	9	September 1972 – November 1972	4.1	4.1
Loving You Is Sweeter Than EverApple Music	#45July 1966	8	May 1966 – July 1966	3.8	3.8
Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)Apple Music	#43December 1964	5	November 1964 – December 1964	3.1	3.1
Yesterday's DreamsApple Music	#49August 1968	6	July 1968 – August 1968	3.1	3.1
What Is A ManApple Music	#53May 1969	7	May 1969 – June 1969	3.0	3.0
I'm In A Different WorldApple Music	#51October 1968	6	October 1968 – November 1968	2.7	2.7
Midnight FlowerApple Music	#55September 1974	7	August 1974 – September 1974	2.5	2.5
I Just Can't Get You Out Of My MindApple Music	#62March 1974	8	January 1974 – March 1974	2.2	2.2
I Just Can't Walk AwayApple Music	#71November 1983	9	October 1983 – December 1983	2.1	2.1
CatfishApple Music	#71December 1976	6	October 1976 – December 1976	1.6	1.6
Back To School AgainApple Music	#71June 1982	7	May 1982 – June 1982	1.5	1.5
I'll Turn To StoneApple Music	#76August 1967	5	July 1967 – August 1967	1.2	1.2
In These Changing TimesApple Music	#70July 1971	4	July 1971 – July 1971	1.0	1.1
Seven Lonely NightsApple Music	#71June 1975	4	May 1975 – June 1975	1.0	1.0
You Gotta Have Love In Your Heartwith The SupremesApple Music	#55July 1971	5	June 1971 – July 1971	1.0	1.9
Sad HeartsApple Music	#84September 1982	3	August 1982 – September 1982	0.6	0.6
A Simple GameApple Music	#90February 1972	3	February 1972 – February 1972	0.4	0.4
We All Gotta Stick Together	#97December 1975	1	December 1975	0.1	0.1
Ain't That Love	#93July 1965	1	July 1965	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1966 in music →

Four Tops's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1966 to August 1967. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.