Artists · UK Singles Chart

Bad Manners

Charting Feb 24, 1980 → May 14, 1989 · 110 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 110 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 110 wk Global Music Power · 110 wk

Peak Power: 2.07%; week of Aug 9, 1981
Career Power: 150; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 82; October 1980 – October 1981
Peak Five Years: 149; May 1978 – May 1983
Top-five weeks: 7; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 110; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.29%; week of Jul 5, 1981
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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 UK Singles Chart

13 records · 150 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
Can CanApple Music	#3June 1981	13	June 1981 – September 1981	27.2	27.1
Special BrewApple Music	#3November 1980	13	September 1980 – December 1980	23.1	23.3
Lip Up FattyApple Music	#15July 1980	14	June 1980 – September 1980	18.7	18.6
Walkin' in the Sunshine	#10October 1981	9	September 1981 – November 1981	14.5	14.4
Just a FeelingApple Music	#13April 1981	9	March 1981 – May 1981	14.3	14.2
Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-NuApple Music	#28April 1980	14	February 1980 – May 1980	13.3	13.1
LorraineApple Music	#21January 1981	11	November 1980 – February 1981	12.6	12.4
My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop)Apple Music	#9August 1982	7	July 1982 – September 1982	11.8	11.8
Buona Sera (Don't Be Angry)	#34November 1981	9	November 1981 – January 1982	8.3	8.3
Got No Brains	#44May 1982	4	April 1982 – May 1982	2.4	2.4
That'll Do NicelyApple Music	#49May 1983	6	April 1983 – May 1983	2.3	2.3
Samson and DelilahApple Music	#58October 1982	3	October 1982 – November 1982	1.2	1.1
Skaville UKApple Music	#87May 1989	2	May 1989 – May 1989	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Bad Manners's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1980 to October 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.