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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Central Line

Charting Jan 25, 1981Nov 20, 1983 · 34 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 6 wk, UK Singles Chart 34 wk

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Peak Power
0.69%
week of Feb 27, 1983
Career Power
20
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
12
August 1982 – August 1983
Peak Five Years
20
November 1978 – November 1983
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
34
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.84%
week of Feb 6, 1983
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

8 records · 20 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
Nature Boy#2188.8
Walking Into Sunshine#42105.5
Surprise Surprise#4831.7
Don't Tell Me#5531.6
You've Said Enough#5831.1
(You Know) You Can Do It#6731.0
Lovely Day#8130.6
Time for Some Fun#9910.1

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At their peak

1982 in music

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

  1. 1Wham!87
  2. 2Culture Club79
  3. 3Michael Jackson73
  4. 4Spandau Ballet65
  5. 5Tears For Fears62
  6. 6Eurythmics62
  7. 7Musical Youth60
  8. 8Duran Duran60
  9. 9Modern Romance58
  10. 10Shalamar57

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.