Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Moody Blues

Charting Feb 20, 1965 → Sep 17, 1988 · 201 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 201 wk, UK Singles Chart 117 wk (1 crown)

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Photo: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 - negatiefstroken zwart/wit, nummer toegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 923-9509, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
1 crown
19642010
First crown Jan 1965

Billboard Hot 100 · 201 wk UK Singles Chart · 117 wk Global Music Power · 260 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.22%; week of Nov 25, 1972
Career Power: 215; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 62; April 1972 – April 1973
Peak Five Years: 101; April 1968 – April 1973
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 201; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.40%; week of Nov 4, 1972
Comebacks: 3; Oct 1972, after 7 quiet years · Jul 1981, after 8 quiet years · Jul 1986

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

21 records · 215 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
Nights In White SatinApple Music	#2November 1972	18	August 1972 – December 1972	35.8	35.8
Your Wildest DreamsApple Music	#9July 1986	21	April 1986 – September 1986	25.0	24.8
The VoiceApple Music	#15October 1981	17	August 1981 – November 1981	19.9	20.1
Go Now!Apple Music	#10April 1965	14	February 1965 – May 1965	18.7	18.3
Gemini DreamApple Music	#12August 1981	15	June 1981 – September 1981	18.5	18.8
I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)Apple Music	#12March 1973	10	February 1973 – April 1973	16.6	16.5
QuestionApple Music	#21June 1970	12	May 1970 – July 1970	14.2	14.1
The Story In Your EyesApple Music	#23October 1971	11	August 1971 – October 1971	12.5	12.5
Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)Apple Music	#24September 1968	11	July 1968 – September 1968	10.1	10.0
Isn't Life StrangeApple Music	#29June 1972	10	April 1972 – June 1972	9.5	9.4
I Know You're Out There SomewhereApple Music	#30August 1988	16	June 1988 – September 1988	9.4	9.3
Sitting At The WheelApple Music	#27October 1983	10	September 1983 – November 1983	9.4	9.2
Steppin' In A Slide ZoneApple Music	#39September 1978	8	July 1978 – September 1978	4.8	4.8
The Other Side Of LifeApple Music	#58September 1986	9	August 1986 – October 1986	2.6	2.7
DriftwoodApple Music	#59December 1978	7	November 1978 – December 1978	2.0	2.0
Blue WorldApple Music	#62December 1983	6	November 1983 – December 1983	1.8	1.8
Talking Out Of TurnApple Music	#65November 1981	7	November 1981 – December 1981	1.8	1.8
Ride My See-SawApple Music	#61October 1968	5	October 1968 – November 1968	1.7	1.6
Never Comes The DayApple Music	#91July 1969	4	June 1969 – July 1969	0.6	0.6
From The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You)Apple Music	#93June 1965	3	June 1965 – June 1965	0.4	0.4
Stop!	#98April 1966	1	April 1966	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1972 in music →

The Moody Blues's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1972 to April 1973. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.