Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Steely Dan

Charting Nov 18, 1972 → May 23, 1981 · 163 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 163 wk, UK Singles Chart 21 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 163 wk UK Singles Chart · 21 wk Global Music Power · 180 wk

Peak Power: 1.85%; week of Jun 2, 1973
Career Power: 187; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 58; November 1977 – November 1978
Peak Five Years: 100; June 1976 – May 1981
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 163; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.19%; week of Aug 3, 1974
Comebacks: 2; Feb 1978 · Jan 1981

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

15 records · 187 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
Hey NineteenApple Music	#10February 1981	19	November 1980 – April 1981	28.5	27.8
Rikki Don't Lose That NumberApple Music	#4August 1974	19	May 1974 – September 1974	26.6	26.5
Do It AgainApple Music	#6February 1973	17	November 1972 – March 1973	25.5	25.5
PegApple Music	#11March 1978	19	November 1977 – March 1978	23.7	23.2
Reeling In The Years	#11May 1973	16	March 1973 – June 1973	23.5	23.5
Deacon BluesApple Music	#19June 1978	16	April 1978 – July 1978	15.0	15.1
Time Out Of MindApple Music	#22April 1981	11	March 1981 – May 1981	11.6	11.5
FM (No Static At All)Apple Music	#22July 1978	10	June 1978 – August 1978	9.7	10.5
JosieApple Music	#26October 1978	11	August 1978 – November 1978	9.2	9.1
Black FridayApple Music	#37June 1975	7	May 1975 – July 1975	5.0	5.0
My Old SchoolApple Music	#63December 1973	9	November 1973 – December 1973	2.5	2.5
Show Biz Kids	#61September 1973	8	July 1973 – September 1973	2.3	2.3
Pretzel LogicApple Music	#57November 1974	5	October 1974 – November 1974	1.8	1.8
The FezApple Music	#59October 1976	5	September 1976 – October 1976	1.7	1.7
Kid CharlemagneApple Music	#82July 1976	3	July 1976 – July 1976	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1977 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.