Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Grand Funk Railroad

Charting Sep 27, 1969 → Sep 25, 1976 · 96 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 96 wk, UK Singles Chart 1 wk

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

Peak Power: 0.93%; week of Oct 24, 1970
Career Power: 56; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 21; December 1971 – December 1972
Peak Five Years: 49; December 1967 – December 1972
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 96; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.70%; week of Oct 24, 1970
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

13 records · 56 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
Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain)Apple Music	#22October 1970	12	August 1970 – October 1970	13.4	13.3
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

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Grand Funk Railroad's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1971 to December 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.