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Charting Feb 12, 1978Jun 24, 2012 · 53 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 53 wk

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Peak Power
1.44%
week of Dec 31, 1978
Career Power
55
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
43
September 1978 – September 1979
Peak Five Years
54
September 1975 – September 1980
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
53
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.44%
week of Oct 29, 1978
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

10 records · 55 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
Ever Fallen in Love#121216.2
Promises#201011.8
Everybody's Happy Nowadays#2966.1
Love You More#3465.2
Spiral Scratch#3165.2
Harmony in My Head#3265.0
What Do I Get#3732.6
Are Everything/Why She's a Girl from the Chainstore#6131.2
I Don't Mind#5521.0
The Fab Four Ep#8320.4

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At their peak

1978 in music

Buzzcocks's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1978 to September 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Boney M102
  2. 2Blondie89
  3. 3ABBA76
  4. 4Chic73
  5. 5Village People71
  6. 6Electric Light Orchestra70
  7. 7Bee Gees66
  8. 8Earth, Wind & Fire65
  9. 9The Boomtown Rats64
  10. 10Racey63

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.