Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Simply Red portraitSimply Red

Charting Apr 5, 1986Apr 25, 1992 · 104 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 3 markets · top artist of the week in all of themBillboard Hot 100 104 wk (2 at #1), UK Singles Chart 268 wk (4 at #1)

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Peak Power
2.09%
week of Jul 26, 1986
Career Power
113
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
2
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
51
May 1986 – May 1987
Peak Five Years
97
October 1984 – September 1989
Top-five weeks
8
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
104
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.57%
week of Jul 15, 1989
Comebacks
1
July 1989
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineDec 20, 1986Jul 1, 1989132892.09%1.17%

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

7 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

SongPeakWeeksPower
If You Don't Know Me By Now#12236.3
Holding Back The Years#12334.9
The Right Thing#271511.9
Money$ Too Tight (To Mention)#281510.7
Something Got Me Started#23149.8
Stars#44146.1
It's Only Love#5793.3

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