Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Steppenwolf

Charting Jul 13, 1968 → Nov 2, 1974 · 112 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 112 wk, UK Singles Chart 16 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 112 wk UK Singles Chart · 16 wk Global Music Power · 128 wk

Peak Power: 2.41%; week of Dec 21, 1968
Career Power: 120; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 83; June 1968 – June 1969
Peak Five Years: 114; December 1966 – December 1971
Top-five weeks: 7; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 112; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.43%; week of Sep 7, 1968
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

13 records · 120 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
Magic Carpet RideApple Music	#3November 1968	16	October 1968 – January 1969	32.4	32.1
Born To Be WildApple Music	#2August 1968	13	July 1968 – October 1968	31.0	30.7
Rock MeApple Music	#10April 1969	10	March 1969 – May 1969	17.5	17.4
Move OverApple Music	#31September 1969	9	August 1969 – October 1969	8.1	8.0
Straight Shootin' WomanApple Music	#29October 1974	9	September 1974 – November 1974	6.4	6.4
Hey Lawdy MamaApple Music	#35May 1970	8	April 1970 – May 1970	5.8	5.8
MonsterApple Music	#39February 1970	8	December 1969 – February 1970	4.9	4.9
Ride With MeApple Music	#52August 1971	8	July 1971 – September 1971	3.3	3.3
Who Needs YaApple Music	#54December 1970	6	November 1970 – December 1970	2.5	2.5
Snow Blind Friend	#60April 1971	7	March 1971 – April 1971	2.2	2.2
It's Never Too LateApple Music	#51May 1969	5	May 1969 – June 1969	2.1	2.1
Screaming Night HogApple Music	#62September 1970	7	August 1970 – October 1970	2.0	2.0
For Ladies OnlyApple Music	#64December 1971	7	November 1971 – December 1971	1.9	1.9

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At their peak

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Steppenwolf's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1968 to June 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.