Artists · UK Singles Chart

Chris Rea

Charting Oct 1, 1978 → Dec 27, 2024 · 251 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 42 wk, UK Singles Chart 251 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 42 wk UK Singles Chart · 251 wk Global Music Power · 283 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.13%; week of Nov 19, 1989
Career Power: 203; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 23; May 1989 – May 1990
Peak Five Years: 71; March 1985 – March 1990
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 251; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.68%; week of Dec 31, 2021
Comebacks: 2; November 1989, January 2021

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Nov 15, 1987	Nov 5, 1989	103	31	1.06%	1.01%
After absence	May 20, 1990	Jan 1, 2021	1592	372	1.13%	1.08%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

39 records · 203 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Driving Home for ChristmasApple Music	#10December 2021	84	December 1988 – December 2024	86.0	82.0
The Road to Hell (Part 2)Apple Music	#10October 1989	9	October 1989 – December 1989	15.9	15.8
Let's DanceApple Music	#12June 1987	10	May 1987 – August 1987	14.9	14.9
Stainsby GirlsApple Music	#26May 1985	12	March 1985 – May 1985	9.6	9.5
On the Beach {1988}	#12August 1988	7	August 1988 – October 1988	8.8	8.8
AubergeApple Music	#16February 1991	6	February 1991 – March 1991	7.6	7.6
Tell Me There's a Heaven	#24February 1990	8	February 1990 – December 1994	6.9	6.9
JuliaApple Music	#18October 1993	5	October 1993 – November 1993	6.3	6.3
Fool If You Think It's OverApple Music	#30October 1978	7	October 1978 – November 1978	5.5	5.4
Nothing to FearApple Music	#16October 1992	4	October 1992 – November 1992	5.4	5.4
On the Beach	#57June 1986	11	May 1986 – July 1986	3.8	3.7
Winter Song	#27November 1991	4	November 1991 – November 1991	3.7	3.7
You Can Go Your Own Way	#28November 1994	3	November 1994 – November 1994	2.9	2.9
God's Great Banana Skin	#31November 1992	3	November 1992 – December 1992	2.6	2.6
Loving You Again	#47August 1987	4	August 1987 – September 1987	2.5	2.5
Looking for the Summer	#49June 1991	3	June 1991 – July 1991	1.8	1.8
Working On It	#53February 1989	4	February 1989 – February 1989	1.6	1.6
Diamonds	#44April 1979	3	April 1979 – April 1979	1.6	1.6
I Can Hear Your Heartbeat	#60October 1983	6	September 1983 – October 1983	1.6	1.6
Hello Friend	#79December 1986	6	November 1986 – December 1986	1.3	1.3
I Don't Know What It Is but I Love It	#65March 1984	4	March 1984 – March 1984	1.1	1.1
Que Sera	#73February 1988	4	January 1988 – February 1988	1.0	1.0
Ace of Hearts	#79October 1984	5	September 1984 – October 1984	1.0	1.0
Heaven	#57March 1991	2	March 1991 – April 1991	1.0	1.0
Soft Top Hard Shoulder	#53January 1993	2	January 1993 – January 1993	1.0	1.0
Loving You	#65March 1982	3	March 1982 – April 1982	1.0	0.9
It's All Gone	#69March 1986	4	March 1986 – March 1986	0.9	0.9
Josephine	#67June 1985	3	June 1985 – June 1985	0.8	0.8
That's What They Always Say	#83December 1989	4	December 1989 – January 1990	0.7	0.7
Let It Loose	#85March 1983	4	March 1983 – April 1983	0.6	0.6
Ace of Hearts {1985}	#78November 1985	3	October 1985 – November 1985	0.6	0.6
Disco' la Passionewith Shirley Bassey	#41November 1996	2	November 1996 – November 1996	0.6	1.1
Joys of Christmas	#67November 1987	2	November 1987 – December 1987	0.6	0.6
I Can Hear Your Heartbeat {1988}	#74October 1988	2	October 1988 – October 1988	0.6	0.6
Texas	#69April 1990	2	April 1990 – May 1990	0.6	0.6
Girl in a Sports Car	#77November 1996	3	November 1996 – May 1997	0.5	0.5
Touche D'Amour	#86July 1984	2	July 1984 – July 1984	0.3	0.3
All Summer Long	#78October 2000	1	October 2000	0.2	0.2
Square Peg, Round Hole	#80February 1998	1	February 1998	0.2	0.2

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