Artists · UK Singles Chart

China Crisis

Charting Aug 1, 1982 → Aug 21, 1994 · 81 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 81 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 81 wk Global Music Power · 81 wk

Peak Power: 1.13%; week of Jul 7, 1985
Career Power: 68; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 24; December 1984 – November 1985
Peak Five Years: 67; February 1982 – February 1987
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 81; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.68%; week of Jan 22, 1984
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

15 records · 68 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
ChristianApple Music	#12February 1983	11	January 1983 – March 1983	13.3	12.9
Black Man RayApple Music	#14April 1985	13	March 1985 – June 1985	12.6	12.6
Wishful ThinkingApple Music	#9January 1984	8	January 1984 – February 1984	12.2	12.1
King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up)Apple Music	#19June 1985	10	May 1985 – August 1985	9.5	9.5
Best Kept SecretApple Music	#36January 1987	5	January 1987 – February 1987	3.9	3.9
Tragedy and MysteryApple Music	#46June 1983	6	May 1983 – June 1983	3.5	3.5
Arizona SkyApple Music	#47November 1986	6	October 1986 – November 1986	2.9	2.8
African and WhiteApple Music	#45August 1982	5	August 1982 – August 1982	2.8	2.8
Working with Fire and SteelApple Music	#48October 1983	5	October 1983 – November 1983	2.5	2.5
Hanna HannaApple Music	#44March 1984	3	March 1984 – March 1984	1.8	1.7
You Did Cut MeApple Music	#54September 1985	3	September 1985 – September 1985	1.6	1.6
Red Letter DayApple Music	#84June 1989	3	June 1989 – June 1989	0.5	0.5
The Highest HighApple Music	#82November 1985	2	November 1985 – November 1985	0.4	0.4
Saint Saviour SquareApple Music	#81April 1989	2	April 1989 – April 1989	0.3	0.3
Every Day the Same	#90August 1994	1	August 1994	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1984 in music →

China Crisis's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from December 1984 to November 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.