Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Rick Springfield

Charting Aug 5, 1972 → May 14, 1988 · 243 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 243 wk (6 at #1), UK Singles Chart 23 wk

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Photo: Louise Palanker from Los Angeles/Santa Barbara, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 243 wk UK Singles Chart · 23 wk Global Music Power · 247 wk

Peak Power: 2.92%; week of Jun 26, 1982
Career Power: 352; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 6; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 131; July 1981 – June 1982
Peak Five Years: 316; September 1980 – September 1985
Top-five weeks: 25; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 243; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.83%; week of Jun 12, 1982
Comebacks: 1; June 1981

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Feb 3, 1973	Jun 20, 1981	437	231	1.23%	1.09%

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

21 records · 352 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
Jessie's GirlApple Music	#1August 1981	32	March 1981 – October 1981	58.2
Don't Talk To StrangersApple Music	#2May 1982	21	March 1982 – July 1982	45.4
Affair Of The HeartApple Music	#9June 1983	18	April 1983 – August 1983	28.1
Love SomebodyApple Music	#5May 1984	16	March 1984 – June 1984	27.8
I've Done Everything For YouApple Music	#8November 1981	22	August 1981 – January 1982	27.2
Human TouchApple Music	#18September 1983	15	July 1983 – October 1983	17.5
Speak To The SkyApple Music	#14October 1972	13	August 1972 – October 1972	17.5
Love Is Alright ToniteApple Music	#20February 1982	16	December 1981 – March 1982	15.4
Bop 'til You DropApple Music	#20October 1984	15	August 1984 – November 1984	14.7
What Kind Of Fool Am IApple Music	#21July 1982	12	June 1982 – August 1982	14.4
State Of the HeartApple Music	#22August 1985	15	June 1985 – September 1985	13.7
SoulsApple Music	#23December 1983	15	October 1983 – January 1984	13.6
Rock Of LifeApple Music	#22April 1988	15	February 1988 – May 1988	12.8
Don't Walk AwayApple Music	#26July 1984	12	May 1984 – August 1984	10.5
BruceApple Music	#27January 1985	13	November 1984 – February 1985	10.5
Celebrate YouthApple Music	#26May 1985	11	April 1985 – June 1985	9.9
I Get ExcitedApple Music	#32October 1982	12	September 1982 – November 1982	8.2
Take A HandApple Music	#41October 1976	9	August 1976 – October 1976	4.7
What Would The Children Think	#70December 1972	4	November 1972 – December 1972	1.0
Taxi Dancingwith Randy CrawfordApple Music	#59December 1984	10	November 1984 – January 1985	0.8
American Girls	#98July 1974	2	July 1974 – July 1974	0.2

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