Artists · Billboard Hot 100

ZZ Top

Charting May 20, 1972 → Mar 9, 1991 · 175 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 175 wk, UK Singles Chart 98 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 175 wk UK Singles Chart · 98 wk Global Music Power · 243 wk

Peak Power: 1.70%; week of Aug 11, 1984
Career Power: 138; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 61; October 1985 – October 1986
Peak Five Years: 100; October 1981 – September 1986
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 175; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.81%; week of Dec 14, 1985
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1985

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

17 records · 138 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
LegsApple Music	#8July 1984	19	May 1984 – September 1984	28.6	28.2
Sleeping BagApple Music	#8December 1985	17	October 1985 – February 1986	27.7	27.7
Rough BoyApple Music	#22May 1986	13	March 1986 – June 1986	12.6	12.5
StagesApple Music	#21March 1986	12	January 1986 – April 1986	12.4	12.5
TushApple Music	#20September 1975	9	July 1975 – September 1975	9.5	9.5
Velcro FlyApple Music	#35August 1986	12	July 1986 – October 1986	8.0	7.9
La GrangeApple Music	#41June 1974	19	March 1974 – August 1974	7.7	7.7
Gimme All Your LovinApple Music	#37May 1983	12	April 1983 – June 1983	7.1	6.9
I Thank YouApple Music	#34March 1980	11	January 1980 – March 1980	6.9	6.8
It's Only LoveApple Music	#44November 1976	11	September 1976 – November 1976	5.5	5.5
Doubleback (From "Back To The Future Part III")Apple Music	#50June 1990	11	May 1990 – July 1990	3.9	3.9
Sharp Dressed ManApple Music	#56August 1983	9	July 1983 – September 1983	3.2	3.1
FranceneApple Music	#69July 1972	9	May 1972 – July 1972	2.3	2.3
Arrested For Driving While BlindApple Music	#91April 1977	6	March 1977 – April 1977	0.9	0.9
Give It UpApple Music	#79February 1991	5	February 1991 – March 1991	0.9	0.9
LeilaApple Music	#77October 1981	4	October 1981 – October 1981	0.8	0.8
Cheap SunglassesApple Music	#89July 1980	2	July 1980 – July 1980	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1985 in music →

ZZ Top's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1985 to October 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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