Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Grand Funk Railroad

Charting Sep 27, 1969 → Sep 25, 1976 · 182 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 182 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 1 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
19691976
Longest reign 2 weeks (May 1974) · First crown Sep 1973

Billboard Hot 100 · 182 wk UK Singles Chart · 1 wk Global Music Power · 96 wk

Peak Power: 2.13%; week of Jun 15, 1974
Career Power: 204; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 87; September 1973 – August 1974
Peak Five Years: 191; July 1970 – July 1975
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 182; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of May 4, 1974
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

19 records · 204 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
The Loco-MotionApple Music	#1May 1974	20	March 1974 – July 1974	35.4	35.3
We're An American BandApple Music	#1September 1973	17	July 1973 – November 1973	33.4	33.3
Some Kind Of WonderfulApple Music	#3February 1975	13	December 1974 – March 1975	27.1	27.1
Bad TimeApple Music	#4June 1975	15	April 1975 – July 1975	25.9	25.9
Shinin' OnApple Music	#11August 1974	11	July 1974 – September 1974	15.4	15.5
Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain)Apple Music	#22October 1970	12	August 1970 – October 1970	13.4	13.3
Walk Like A ManApple Music	#19January 1974	12	November 1973 – February 1974	11.4	11.3
Rock 'N Roll SoulApple Music	#29November 1972	13	September 1972 – December 1972	10.9	10.9
Footstompin' MusicApple Music	#29February 1972	11	January 1972 – March 1972	8.5	8.4
Time MachineApple Music	#48November 1969	11	September 1969 – December 1969	5.3	5.2
Mean MistreaterApple Music	#47January 1971	8	December 1970 – January 1971	3.5	3.4
Can You Do ItApple Music	#45September 1976	7	August 1976 – September 1976	3.3	3.3
Feelin' AlrightApple Music	#54May 1971	6	May 1971 – June 1971	2.5	2.5
Take MeApple Music	#53February 1976	5	January 1976 – February 1976	2.4	2.4
Gimme ShelterApple Music	#61September 1971	6	August 1971 – October 1971	2.1	2.1
HeartbreakerApple Music	#72March 1970	6	February 1970 – March 1970	1.5	1.5
UpsetterApple Music	#73May 1972	5	April 1972 – May 1972	1.3	1.3
SallyApple Music	#69April 1976	4	March 1976 – April 1976	1.1	1.1
Mr. Limousine DriverApple Music	#97December 1969	2	December 1969 – December 1969	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1973 in music →

Grand Funk Railroad's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1973 to August 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.