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Four Tops

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

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 374 wk (4 at #1), UK Singles Chart 291 wk (3 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 374 wk UK Singles Chart · 291 wk Global Music Power · 508 wk

Peak Power: 2.81%; week of Sep 4, 1965
Career Power: 421; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 4; weeks as the top artist

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; October 1970, December 1972, October 1981

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Aug 3, 1968	Oct 24, 1970	116	25	2.81%	1.14%
After decline	Apr 3, 1971	Dec 30, 1972	91	28	2.81%	1.07%
After absence	Dec 22, 1973	Oct 31, 1981	410	244	2.81%	1.16%

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 Billboard Hot 100

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

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