Artists · UK Singles Chart
Captain Sensible
Charting Jun 20, 1982 → Dec 11, 1994 · 37 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 37 wk (2 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
19821994Longest reign 2 weeks (Jun–Jul 1982) · First crown Jun 1982
- Peak Power
- 1.22%
- week of May 6, 1984
- Career Power
- 43
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 2
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 23
- September 1981 – September 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 43
- December 1979 – December 1984
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 37
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.52%
- week of Jul 4, 1982
- Comebacks
- 1
- Apr 1984
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
7 records · 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glad It's All Over/Damned on 45 | #6 | 10 | 17.0 | ||
| Happy TalkApple Music | #1 | 8 | 15.7 | ||
| Wot!Apple Music | #26 | 7 | 7.0 | ||
| There Are More Snakes Than Ladders | #57 | 5 | 2.0 | ||
| One Christmas Catalogue/Relax | #79 | 4 | 0.7 | ||
| The Hokey Cokey | #71 | 2 | 0.5 | ||
| Stop the World | #82 | 2 | 0.3 |
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At their peak
1981 in music →Captain Sensible's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1981 to September 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Soft Cell95
- 2Madness95
- 3Haircut 10075
- 4Bucks Fizz74
- 5Dollar69
- 6The Human League68
- 7Imagination67
- 8ABC64
- 9Tight Fit64
- 10Japan62
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.