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
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

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; September 1981, January 1983, May 1985, March 1994

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 19, 1980	Sep 5, 1981	59	41	2.05%	1.03%
After decline	Jan 9, 1982	Jan 29, 1983	55	44	2.05%	1.06%
After decline	Jul 2, 1983	May 11, 1985	97	89	2.05%	1.05%
After absence	Aug 31, 1985	Mar 26, 1994	447	206	2.05%	1.09%

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 Billboard Hot 100

19 records · 197 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
Don't Do Me Like ThatApple Music	#10February 1980	18	November 1979 – March 1980	24.4
Mary Jane's Last DanceApple Music	#14March 1994	20	December 1993 – May 1994	23.8
Stop Draggin' My Heart Aroundwith Stevie NicksApple Music	#3September 1981	21	July 1981 – December 1981	20.9
You Got LuckyApple Music	#20January 1983	18	November 1982 – March 1983	19.9
Don't Come Around Here No MoreApple Music	#13May 1985	14	March 1985 – June 1985	19.6
RefugeeApple Music	#15March 1980	14	January 1980 – April 1980	17.3
Change Of HeartApple Music	#21April 1983	11	February 1983 – May 1983	13.1
The WaitingApple Music	#19June 1981	13	May 1981 – July 1981	13.0
Jammin' MeApple Music	#18June 1987	12	April 1987 – July 1987	11.8
Learning To FlyApple Music	#28August 1991	14	June 1991 – September 1991	9.0
BreakdownApple Music	#40February 1978	17	November 1977 – February 1978	7.8
I Need To KnowApple Music	#41August 1978	10	June 1978 – August 1978	5.4
Make It Better (Forget About Me)	#54July 1985	8	June 1985 – July 1985	2.8
Needles And Pinswith Stevie Nicks	#37March 1986	9	February 1986 – March 1986	2.6
Here Comes My Girl	#59May 1980	7	April 1980 – June 1980	2.2
Rebels	#74September 1985	5	August 1985 – September 1985	1.1
Walls (From "She's The One")	#69September 1996	4	September 1996 – October 1996	0.9
A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)	#79August 1981	6	August 1981 – September 1981	0.7
Into The Great Wide Open	#92November 1991	5	November 1991 – December 1991	0.7

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