Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Jim Croce
Charting Jul 1, 1972 → Feb 28, 1976 · 112 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in it — Billboard Hot 100 112 wk (7 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 3.14%
- week of Jan 19, 1974
- Career Power
- 174
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 7
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 116
- June 1973 – May 1974
- Peak Five Years
- 174
- March 1971 – February 1976
- Top-five weeks
- 14
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 112
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.42%
- week of Dec 29, 1973
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
10 records · 174 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad, Bad Leroy BrownApple Music | #1 | 22 | 42.7 | |
| Time In A BottleApple Music | #1 | 15 | 33.5 | |
| You Don't Mess Around With JimApple Music | #8 | 13 | 22.0 | |
| I Got A NameApple Music | #10 | 17 | 21.7 | |
| I'll Have To Say I Love You In A SongApple Music | #9 | 14 | 21.3 | |
| Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels)Apple Music | #17 | 12 | 14.8 | |
| Workin' At The Car Wash BluesApple Music | #32 | 11 | 8.8 | |
| One Less Set Of FootstepsApple Music | #37 | 10 | 6.4 | |
| Chain Gang MedleyApple Music | #63 | 9 | 2.6 | |
| It Doesn't Have To Be That Way | #64 | 5 | 0.7 |
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