Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Thirty Eight Special portraitThirty Eight Special

Charting Nov 12, 1983Aug 5, 1989 · 93 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 3 marketsBillboard Hot 100 93 wk

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Peak Power
1.75%
week of May 27, 1989
Career Power
92
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
34
August 1988 – August 1989
Peak Five Years
62
August 1984 – August 1989
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
93
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.00%
week of May 6, 1989
Comebacks
2
July 1986, April 1989
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineJul 7, 1984Jul 12, 1986105951.34%1.08%
After declineNov 15, 1986Apr 22, 1989127551.34%1.13%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

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

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

8 records · 92 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Second Chance#62130.7
If I'd Been The One#191617.1
Like No Other Night#141617.1
Back Where You Belong#201312.9
Back To Paradise (From "Revenge Of The Nerds II")#41115.6
Somebody Like You#48125.1
Rock & Roll Strategy#6782.0
Comin' Down Tonight#6771.8