Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Talking Heads
Charting Feb 18, 1978 → Jan 24, 1987 · 97 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 97 wk, UK Singles Chart 66 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.45%
- week of Nov 12, 1983
- Career Power
- 63
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 26
- January 1983 – January 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 47
- February 1982 – January 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 97
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.71%
- week of Oct 22, 1983
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
8 records · 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Down The HouseApple Music | #9 | 20 | 24.0 | ||
| Wild Wild LifeApple Music | #25 | 21 | 14.7 | ||
| Take Me To The RiverApple Music | #26 | 17 | 14.6 | ||
| And She WasApple Music | #54 | 20 | 5.5 | ||
| This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)Apple Music | #62 | 8 | 2.3 | ||
| Life During Wartime (This Ain't No Party...This Ain't No Disco...This Ain't | #80 | 5 | 1.0 | ||
| Psycho KillerApple Music | #92 | 5 | 0.7 | ||
| Once In A LifetimeApple Music | #91 | 4 | 0.6 |
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At their peak
1983 in music →Talking Heads's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1983 to January 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Michael Jackson179
- 2Culture Club135
- 3Lionel Richie120
- 4Duran Duran113
- 5Billy Joel102
- 6Men At Work100
- 7The Police100
- 8Irene Cara83
- 9David Bowie82
- 10Prince82
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.