Artists · UK Singles Chart

Chas and Dave

Charting Nov 5, 1978 → Jun 22, 1986 · 80 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 80 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 80 wk Global Music Power · 80 wk

Peak Power: 1.69%; week of May 2, 1982
Career Power: 77; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 34; August 1981 – August 1982
Peak Five Years: 67; January 1979 – January 1984
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 80; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.41%; week of Apr 11, 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

12 records · 77 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
Ain't No Pleasing YouApple Music	#2April 1982	11	March 1982 – May 1982	22.1	22.0
RabbitApple Music	#8January 1981	10	November 1980 – February 1981	16.1	15.6
Stars Over 45Apple Music	#21December 1981	8	December 1981 – January 1982	10.0	9.9
GertchaApple Music	#20June 1979	8	May 1979 – July 1979	9.8	9.8
Snooker Loopywith Matchroom MobApple Music	#6May 1986	11	April 1986 – June 1986	7.8	15.6
My Melancholy BabyApple Music	#51December 1983	8	November 1983 – January 1984	3.3	3.2
MargateApple Music	#46July 1982	4	July 1982 – August 1982	2.3	2.3
London GirlsApple Music	#63March 1983	9	February 1983 – April 1983	2.1	2.1
StrumminApple Music	#52November 1978	3	November 1978 – November 1978	1.4	1.4
The Sideboard SongApple Music	#55September 1979	3	August 1979 – September 1979	1.4	1.4
There in Your EyesApple Music	#91August 1984	4	July 1984 – August 1984	0.6	0.6
In Sickness and in Health	#95September 1985	1	September 1985	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1981 in music →

Chas and Dave's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1981 to August 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.