Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Leif Garrett

Charting Aug 27, 1977 → Jan 9, 1982 · 93 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 93 wk, UK Singles Chart 14 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 93 wk UK Singles Chart · 14 wk Global Music Power · 96 wk

Peak Power: 1.59%; week of Feb 24, 1979
Career Power: 74; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 38; June 1977 – June 1978
Peak Five Years: 74; January 1977 – January 1982
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 93; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.60%; week of Feb 17, 1979
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

10 records · 74 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
I Was Made For DancinApple Music	#10February 1979	21	November 1978 – March 1979	28.2	28.0
Runaround SueApple Music	#13January 1978	14	November 1977 – February 1978	18.4	18.4
Surfin' USAApple Music	#20October 1977	15	August 1977 – December 1977	14.2	14.3
The WandererApple Music	#49May 1978	7	April 1978 – June 1978	2.7	2.7
Memorize Your NumberApple Music	#60January 1980	9	December 1979 – February 1980	2.7	2.6
Feel The NeedApple Music	#57June 1979	8	May 1979 – June 1979	2.6	2.5
Put Your Head On My ShoulderApple Music	#58April 1978	7	March 1978 – April 1978	2.1	2.1
Runaway RitaApple Music	#84December 1981	6	December 1981 – January 1982	1.2	1.1
When I Think Of YouApple Music	#78November 1979	5	November 1979 – December 1979	1.1	1.0
I Was Looking For Someone To LoveApple Music	#78May 1980	5	April 1980 – May 1980	0.9	0.9

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At their peak

1977 in music →

Leif Garrett's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1977 to June 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.