Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Charting Nov 5, 1977 → Oct 19, 1996 · 205 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 205 wk, UK Singles Chart 22 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 205 wk UK Singles Chart · 22 wk Global Music Power · 217 wk

Peak Power: 2.05%; week of Mar 22, 1980
Career Power: 197; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 44; June 1979 – June 1980
Peak Five Years: 117; May 1978 – May 1983
Top-five weeks: 2; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 205; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.42%; week of Feb 9, 1980
Comebacks: 4; Sep 1981 · Jan 1983 · May 1985 · Mar 1994, after 9 quiet years

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

19 records · 197 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
Don't Do Me Like ThatApple Music	#10February 1980	18	November 1979 – March 1980	24.4	25.2
Mary Jane's Last DanceApple Music	#14March 1994	20	December 1993 – May 1994	23.9	23.1
Stop Draggin' My Heart Aroundwith Stevie NicksApple Music	#3September 1981	21	July 1981 – December 1981	20.9	41.3
You Got LuckyApple Music	#20January 1983	18	November 1982 – March 1983	19.9	19.9
Don't Come Around Here No MoreApple Music	#13May 1985	14	March 1985 – June 1985	19.6	19.2
RefugeeApple Music	#15March 1980	14	January 1980 – April 1980	17.3	18.5
Change Of HeartApple Music	#21April 1983	11	February 1983 – May 1983	13.1	12.8
The WaitingApple Music	#19June 1981	13	May 1981 – July 1981	13.0	12.9
Jammin' MeApple Music	#18June 1987	12	April 1987 – July 1987	11.8	11.7
Learning To FlyApple Music	#28August 1991	14	June 1991 – September 1991	9.0	9.0
BreakdownApple Music	#40February 1978	17	November 1977 – February 1978	7.8	7.6
I Need To KnowApple Music	#41August 1978	10	June 1978 – August 1978	5.4	5.3
Make It Better (Forget About Me)Apple Music	#54July 1985	8	June 1985 – July 1985	2.8	2.9
Needles And Pinswith Stevie NicksApple Music	#37March 1986	9	February 1986 – March 1986	2.6	5.2
Here Comes My GirlApple Music	#59May 1980	7	April 1980 – June 1980	2.2	2.2
RebelsApple Music	#74September 1985	5	August 1985 – September 1985	1.1	1.1
Walls (From "She's The One")Apple Music	#69September 1996	4	September 1996 – October 1996	0.9	0.9
A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)Apple Music	#79August 1981	6	August 1981 – September 1981	0.7	1.1
Into The Great Wide OpenApple Music	#92November 1991	5	November 1991 – December 1991	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1979 in music →

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1979 to June 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.