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Simple Minds portraitSimple Minds

Charting Feb 23, 1985Apr 15, 1995 · 78 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 78 wk, UK Singles Chart 220 wk (3 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    3 crowns

    19792005

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Feb 1989) · First crown Feb 1989

Peak Power
2.27%
week of Jan 25, 1986
Career Power
113
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
88
April 1985 – March 1986
Peak Five Years
104
July 1981 – June 1986
Top-five weeks
11
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
78
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.57%
week of May 18, 1985
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

6 records · 113 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Don't You (Forget About Me)#12239.0
Alive & Kicking#32038.5
Sanctify Yourself#141417.2
All The Things She Said#28139.8
See The Lights#40105.1
She's A River#5293.8

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At their peak

1985 in music

Simple Minds's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1985 to March 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Whitney Houston106
  2. 2Phil Collins104
  3. 3Tears For Fears104
  4. 4Bryan Adams97
  5. 5Wham!97
  6. 6Bruce Springsteen91
  7. 7Madonna91
  8. 8Sting88
  9. 9Simple Minds88
  10. 10Heart84

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.