Artists · Billboard Hot 100

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Charting Dec 19, 1964 → Jul 30, 1977 · 193 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 3 markets — Billboard Hot 100 193 wk, UK Singles Chart 11 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 193 wk UK Singles Chart · 11 wk Global Music Power · 193 wk

Peak Power: 2.47%; week of May 27, 1972
Career Power: 179; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 49; July 1971 – July 1972
Peak Five Years: 110; August 1964 – August 1969
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 193; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.42%; week of May 6, 1972
Comebacks: 3; December 1967, March 1972, June 1977

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 31, 1965	Dec 30, 1967	126	7	1.49%	1.12%
After absence	Jun 29, 1968	Mar 25, 1972	195	128	1.53%	1.01%
After absence	Sep 16, 1972	Jun 4, 1977	246	237	2.47%	1.05%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

27 records · 179 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
I GotchaApple Music	#2May 1972	21	January 1972 – June 1972	44.3	44.0
Skinny Legs And AllApple Music	#10December 1967	15	October 1967 – February 1968	22.4	22.4
Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman)Apple Music	#12June 1977	18	April 1977 – July 1977	20.9	20.8
Hold What You've GotApple Music	#5January 1965	11	December 1964 – February 1965	19.7	19.5
I Want To (Do Everything For You)Apple Music	#23October 1965	13	August 1965 – November 1965	11.2	11.0
A Sweet Woman Like YouApple Music	#29January 1966	9	December 1965 – January 1966	7.6	7.5
Men Are Gettin' Scarce	#33March 1968	7	February 1968 – March 1968	5.5	5.5
Show MeApple Music	#35April 1967	8	March 1967 – April 1967	5.5	5.4
You Said A Bad Word	#41July 1972	8	May 1972 – July 1972	4.7	5.3
Buying A BookApple Music	#47May 1969	8	April 1969 – May 1969	4.3	4.3
S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)Apple Music	#39June 1966	7	May 1966 – June 1966	4.1	4.1
Papa Was TooApple Music	#44January 1967	7	December 1966 – January 1967	3.9	3.9
You Better Get ItApple Music	#46March 1965	7	February 1965 – April 1965	3.5	3.6
The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)Apple Music	#56April 1966	8	March 1966 – April 1966	3.0	3.0
Woman Like That, YeahApple Music	#54July 1967	7	June 1967 – July 1967	2.8	2.8
A Woman Can Change A Man	#56May 1965	7	April 1965 – May 1965	2.6	2.6
Keep The One You GotApple Music	#52August 1968	5	August 1968 – September 1968	2.3	2.3
I'll Never Do You WrongApple Music	#59June 1968	5	May 1968 – June 1968	2.1	2.0
A Woman's HandsApple Music	#63August 1967	5	August 1967 – September 1967	1.6	1.6
You Got What It TakesApple Music	#51April 1965	6	February 1965 – April 1965	1.6	2.5
I Believe I'm Gonna Make ItApple Music	#67August 1966	5	July 1966 – August 1966	1.5	1.5
I've Got To Do A Little Bit BetterApple Music	#64October 1966	5	October 1966 – November 1966	1.5	1.5
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	#65July 1965	4	June 1965 – July 1965	1.3	1.3
You Need Me, Baby	#81October 1968	3	October 1968 – October 1968	0.6	0.6
That's Your Baby	#88January 1969	3	January 1969 – February 1969	0.5	0.5
That's The Way	#94August 1969	3	July 1969 – August 1969	0.4	0.4
Don't Let Your Left Hand Know	#95April 1965	1	April 1965	0.1	0.1

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