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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Boystown Gang

Charting Aug 16, 1981 → Jun 23, 1996 · 23 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 23 wk

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Peak Power
1.39%
week of Sep 19, 1982
Career Power
25
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
21
July 1982 – July 1983
Peak Five Years
25
August 1978 – July 1983
Top-five weeks
2
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
23
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.17%
week of Aug 22, 1982
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

4 records · 25 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Can't Take My Eyes Off You#41219.9
Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Remember Me#4663.1
Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours)#5031.3
I Just Can't Help Believing#8230.5

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At their peak

1982 in music →

Boystown Gang's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1982 to July 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Culture Club79
  2. 2Wham!76
  3. 3Michael Jackson72
  4. 4Tears For Fears62
  5. 5Dexys Midnight Runners62
  6. 6Duran Duran62
  7. 7Shalamar60
  8. 8Spandau Ballet59
  9. 9Musical Youth58
  10. 10Madness58

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.