Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Lovin' Spoonful

Charting Aug 21, 1965 → Feb 15, 1969 · 108 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 108 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 33 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Kama Sutra Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19651969
First crown Aug 1966

Billboard Hot 100 · 108 wk UK Singles Chart · 33 wk Global Music Power · 108 wk

Peak Power: 2.89%; week of Sep 10, 1966
Career Power: 180; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 116; March 1966 – March 1967
Peak Five Years: 180; February 1964 – February 1969
Top-five weeks: 14; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 108; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Aug 20, 1966
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

14 records · 180 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
Summer In The CityApple Music	#1August 1966	11	July 1966 – September 1966	28.6	28.5
DaydreamApple Music	#2April 1966	12	February 1966 – May 1966	26.7	26.9
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?Apple Music	#2June 1966	11	May 1966 – July 1966	24.9	25.0
Do You Believe In MagicApple Music	#9October 1965	13	August 1965 – November 1965	19.3	18.9
You Didn't Have To Be So NiceApple Music	#10January 1966	12	November 1965 – February 1966	18.1	17.9
Nashville CatsApple Music	#8January 1967	10	December 1966 – February 1967	16.6	16.6
Rain On The RoofApple Music	#10November 1966	10	October 1966 – December 1966	15.5	15.4
Darling Be Home SoonApple Music	#15March 1967	8	February 1967 – April 1967	10.4	10.5
Six O'ClockApple Music	#18June 1967	8	April 1967 – June 1967	9.2	9.1
She Is Still A MysteryApple Music	#27November 1967	6	October 1967 – December 1967	6.2	6.2
MoneyApple Music	#48February 1968	6	January 1968 – February 1968	2.9	2.8
Never Going BackApple Music	#73August 1968	5	July 1968 – August 1968	1.3	1.3
Me About YouApple Music	#91February 1969	2	February 1969 – February 1969	0.3	0.3
Full MeasureApple Music	#87January 1967	3	January 1967 – January 1967	0.3	0.5

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At their peak

1966 in music →

The Lovin' Spoonful's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1966 to March 1967. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.