Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Talking Heads portraitTalking Heads

Charting Feb 18, 1978Jan 24, 1987 · 97 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 97 wk, UK Singles Chart 66 wk

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Peak Power
1.45%
week of Nov 12, 1983
Career Power
63
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top artist
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 (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

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

SongPeakWeeksPower
Burning Down The House#92024.0
Wild Wild Life#252114.7
Take Me To The River#261714.6
And She Was#54205.5
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)#6282.3
Life During Wartime (This Ain't No Party...This Ain't No Disco...This Ain't#8051.0
Psycho Killer#9250.7
Once In A Lifetime#9140.6

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