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The Moody Blues

Charting Dec 10, 1964 → Dec 5, 2010 · 117 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 201 wk, UK Singles Chart 117 wk (1 at #1)

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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

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: 1.98%; week of Feb 25, 1965
Career Power: 172; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 53; December 1964 – November 1965
Peak Five Years: 84; January 1968 – January 1973
Top-five weeks: 9; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 117; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Jan 28, 1965
Comebacks: 3; May 1970, June 1972, December 1979

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Sep 23, 1965	May 24, 1970	243	108	1.98%	1.18%
After decline	Sep 27, 1970	Jun 11, 1972	89	83	1.98%	1.02%
After absence	Apr 29, 1973	Dec 23, 1979	346	339	1.98%	1.04%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

13 records · 172 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Nights In White SatinApple Music	#9December 1972	35	December 1967 – December 2010	53.1
Go Now	#1January 1965	14	December 1964 – March 1965	31.5
QuestionApple Music	#2May 1970	12	April 1970 – July 1970	27.6
Isn't Life StrangeApple Music	#13May 1972	10	April 1972 – July 1972	15.6
From the Bottom of My Heart	#22June 1965	9	June 1965 – August 1965	11.7
Voices in the Sky	#27September 1968	10	August 1968 – October 1968	11.5
I Don't Want to Go on Without You	#33March 1965	9	March 1965 – April 1965	8.3
I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)Apple Music	#36February 1973	4	February 1973 – February 1973	3.7
Blue World	#35August 1983	5	August 1983 – September 1983	3.6
I Know You're Out There SomewhereApple Music	#52July 1988	7	May 1988 – July 1988	2.3
Everyday	#44November 1965	2	November 1965 – November 1965	1.5
Ride My See-Saw	#42December 1968	1	December 1968	0.9
Sitting At The WheelApple Music	#91October 1983	2	October 1983 – October 1983	0.3

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