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The Motels portraitThe Motels

Charting Apr 24, 1982Nov 9, 1985 · 77 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 77 wk, UK Singles Chart 7 wk

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Peak Power
1.87%
week of Sep 4, 1982
Career Power
89
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
39
January 1982 – January 1983
Peak Five Years
89
November 1980 – November 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
77
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.70%
week of Nov 19, 1983
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

8 records · 89 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Only The Lonely#92333.7
Suddenly Last Summer#92027.9
Shame#211313.2
Remember The Night#36118.2
Take The L.#5293.1
Forever Mine#6082.5
Shock#8430.5
Remember The Nights#6710.4

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At their peak

1982 in music

The Motels's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1982 to January 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1John Mellencamp110
  2. 2Daryl Hall and John Oates96
  3. 3Olivia Newton-John90
  4. 4The J. Geils Band85
  5. 5Joan Jett & the Blackhearts83
  6. 6Air Supply82
  7. 7Rick Springfield81
  8. 8Juice Newton80
  9. 9Stevie Wonder78
  10. 10Survivor75

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.