Artists · Billboard Hot 100

John Mellencamp

Charting Dec 10, 1983 → Nov 11, 2006 · 268 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 3 markets — Billboard Hot 100 268 wk, UK Singles Chart 1 wk

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Photo: DoD photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, U.S. Air Force., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 268 wk UK Singles Chart · 1 wk Global Music Power · 268 wk

Peak Power: 2.62%; week of Apr 12, 1986
Career Power: 332; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 106; August 1985 – August 1986
Peak Five Years: 200; July 1983 – July 1988
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 268; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.45%; week of Apr 5, 1986
Comebacks: 3; October 1985, September 1994, October 1996

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	May 26, 1984	Oct 5, 1985	71	65	1.48%	1.14%
After absence	Aug 26, 1989	Sep 3, 1994	262	108	2.62%	1.04%
After decline	Mar 25, 1995	Oct 19, 1996	82	75	2.62%	1.10%

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

20 records · 332 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
Wild Nightwith Me'Shell NdegeocelloApple Music	#3September 1994	42	May 1994 – March 1995	37.2	75.1
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)Apple Music	#14October 1996	24	August 1996 – February 1997	36.2	35.5
Small TownApple Music	#6December 1985	18	November 1985 – March 1986	30.3	30.7
R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)Apple Music	#2April 1986	17	February 1986 – May 1986	29.4	29.9
Lonely Ol' NightApple Music	#6October 1985	20	August 1985 – January 1986	28.0	28.5
Cherry BombApple Music	#8January 1988	21	October 1987 – March 1988	25.5	26.0
Pink HousesApple Music	#8February 1984	16	December 1983 – March 1984	23.2	22.7
Paper In FireApple Music	#9October 1987	16	August 1987 – November 1987	22.3	22.3
Check It OutApple Music	#14April 1988	15	February 1988 – May 1988	18.3	18.3
Pop SingerApple Music	#15June 1989	12	April 1989 – July 1989	14.1	13.9
Get A Leg UpApple Music	#14November 1991	15	October 1991 – January 1992	12.7	12.5
Rain On The ScarecrowApple Music	#21June 1986	12	April 1986 – July 1986	11.2	11.5
RumbleseatApple Music	#28August 1986	13	June 1986 – September 1986	9.4	9.3
Just Another DayApple Music	#46March 1997	20	February 1997 – July 1997	8.9	8.8
Again TonightApple Music	#36March 1992	13	February 1992 – April 1992	7.7	7.6
Dance NakedApple Music	#41December 1994	17	October 1994 – February 1995	6.4	7.7
Human WheelsApple Music	#48November 1993	14	September 1993 – December 1993	6.1	6.0
Jackie BrownApple Music	#48August 1989	8	July 1989 – September 1989	3.0	3.0
Rooty Toot TootApple Music	#61June 1988	8	May 1988 – July 1988	2.2	2.2
Our Country	#88November 2006	1	November 2006	0.2	0.2

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