Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Doobie Brothers

Charting Sep 2, 1972 → Oct 7, 1989 · 261 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 261 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 49 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19721994
First crown Mar 1975

Billboard Hot 100 · 261 wk UK Singles Chart · 49 wk Global Music Power · 286 wk

Peak Power: 2.28%; week of May 5, 1979
Career Power: 301; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 67; November 1978 – October 1979
Peak Five Years: 164; September 1972 – August 1977
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 261; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Apr 14, 1979
Comebacks: 3; Feb 1975 · Mar 1979 · Jul 1989, after 8 quiet years

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

27 records · 302 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
What A Fool BelievesApple Music	#1April 1979	20	January 1979 – June 1979	38.8	38.8
Black WaterApple Music	#1March 1975	17	December 1974 – April 1975	33.9	33.9
Long Train RunninApple Music	#8June 1973	18	April 1973 – August 1973	27.1	27.0
Real LoveApple Music	#5October 1980	16	September 1980 – December 1980	26.9	26.6
Listen To The MusicApple Music	#11November 1972	13	September 1972 – November 1972	19.8	19.7
The DoctorApple Music	#9July 1989	14	May 1989 – August 1989	19.7	19.4
Minute By MinuteApple Music	#14June 1979	14	May 1979 – August 1979	17.3	17.4
Takin' It To The StreetsApple Music	#13June 1976	14	April 1976 – July 1976	16.9	16.8
Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me)Apple Music	#11June 1975	12	May 1975 – July 1975	16.7	16.7
China GroveApple Music	#15October 1973	13	August 1973 – November 1973	16.4	16.5
One Step CloserApple Music	#24January 1981	14	November 1980 – February 1981	13.6	13.5
Dependin' On YouApple Music	#25October 1979	12	August 1979 – October 1979	10.8	10.7
It Keeps You RunninApple Music	#37January 1977	14	November 1976 – February 1977	8.1	8.1
Another Park, Another SundayApple Music	#32June 1974	10	April 1974 – June 1974	6.6	6.5
Jesus Is Just AlrightApple Music	#35February 1973	11	December 1972 – February 1973	5.9	5.9
Need A Little Taste Of LoveApple Music	#45September 1989	9	August 1989 – October 1989	4.0	3.9
Sweet MaxineApple Music	#40August 1975	7	August 1975 – September 1975	3.8	3.8
Little Darling (i Need You)Apple Music	#48August 1977	7	July 1977 – September 1977	3.1	3.1
Eyes Of SilverApple Music	#52August 1974	8	July 1974 – September 1974	2.6	2.6
NobodyApple Music	#58November 1974	6	November 1974 – December 1974	2.2	2.1
Echoes Of LoveApple Music	#66November 1977	7	October 1977 – November 1977	1.7	1.6
Here To Love YouApple Music	#65February 1982	5	February 1982 – March 1982	1.5	1.5
Keep This Train A-RollinApple Music	#62March 1981	5	February 1981 – March 1981	1.4	1.5
I Cheat The HangmanApple Music	#60January 1976	4	December 1975 – January 1976	1.3	1.3
You Belong To MeApple Music	#79August 1983	4	July 1983 – August 1983	0.7	0.7
Wynken, Blynken And NodApple Music	#76February 1981	4	January 1981 – February 1981	0.5	0.8
Wheels Of FortuneApple Music	#87September 1976	2	August 1976 – September 1976	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1978 in music →

The Doobie Brothers's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1978 to October 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.