Artists · UK Singles Chart

Broken English

Charting May 24, 1987 → Aug 7, 1988 · 17 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 17 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 17 wk Global Music Power · 17 wk

Peak Power: 0.89%; week of Jul 19, 1987
Career Power: 14; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 14; October 1986 – October 1987
Peak Five Years: 14; August 1983 – August 1988
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 17; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.96%; week of Jun 28, 1987
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

3 records · 14 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
Comin' on StrongApple Music	#18June 1987	11	May 1987 – August 1987	12.4	12.3
Love on the Side	#69October 1987	4	September 1987 – October 1987	1.1	1.1
Do You Really Want Me?	#90July 1988	2	July 1988 – August 1988	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1986 in music →

Broken English's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1986 to October 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.