Artists · UK Singles Chart

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Charting Sep 22, 1985 → Aug 23, 2024 · 148 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 47 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 148 wk (3 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 47 wk UK Singles Chart · 148 wk Global Music Power · 163 wk

Peak Power: 2.76%; week of Feb 9, 1986
Career Power: 231; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 3; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 96; October 1985 – October 1986
Peak Five Years: 192; February 1984 – January 1989
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 148; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.11%; week of Jan 19, 1986
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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 UK Singles Chart

25 records · 231 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Take On MeApple Music	#2October 1985	22	September 1985 – August 2024	35.8	36.9
The Sun Always Shines on TVApple Music	#1January 1986	12	December 1985 – March 1986	27.5	27.3
Hunting High and LowApple Music	#5June 1986	12	June 1986 – August 1986	18.9	18.8
Cry WolfApple Music	#5January 1987	8	November 1986 – January 1987	16.4	16.3
The Living DaylightsApple Music	#5July 1987	9	June 1987 – August 1987	16.0	16.0
You Are the OneApple Music	#13January 1989	10	November 1988 – January 1989	15.6	15.5
Train of ThoughtApple Music	#8April 1986	10	March 1986 – June 1986	13.6	13.6
I've Been Losing YouApple Music	#8October 1986	7	September 1986 – November 1986	12.3	12.2
Stay on These RoadsApple Music	#5March 1988	6	March 1988 – April 1988	11.6	11.6
Crying in the RainApple Music	#13October 1990	7	October 1990 – November 1990	11.6	11.6
Touchy!Apple Music	#11September 1988	7	August 1988 – October 1988	11.0	11.0
Manhattan SkylineApple Music	#13March 1987	6	February 1987 – March 1987	9.9	9.8
Analogue (All I Want)Apple Music	#10January 2006	5	January 2006 – February 2006	6.8	6.6
Dark Is the Night	#19June 1993	4	May 1993 – June 1993	5.6	5.6
The Blood That Moves the Body	#25June 1988	4	June 1988 – July 1988	4.3	4.3
I Call Your Name	#44December 1990	6	December 1990 – January 1991	3.4	3.3
Shapes That Go Together	#27March 1994	4	March 1994 – April 1994	2.9	2.9
Angel	#41September 1993	3	September 1993 – September 1993	2.0	2.0
Summer Moved On	#33May 2000	2	May 2000 – June 2000	1.6	1.6
Move to Memphis	#47October 1991	2	October 1991 – October 1991	1.2	1.2
Cosy Prisons	#39April 2006	2	April 2006 – April 2006	1.2	1.2
Foot of the Mountain	#66August 2009	3	July 2009 – August 2009	0.8	0.7
Early Morning	#78March 1991	2	March 1991 – March 1991	0.4	0.4
Lifelines	#78July 2002	1	July 2002	0.2	0.2
Butterfly Butterfly (the Last Hurrah)	#98September 2010	1	September 2010	0.1	0.1

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