Artists · UK Singles Chart

Deacon Blue

Charting Aug 30, 1987 → Apr 22, 2001 · 116 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 116 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 116 wk Global Music Power · 116 wk

Peak Power: 1.48%; week of Sep 23, 1990
Career Power: 137; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 43; October 1988 – October 1989
Peak Five Years: 118; January 1988 – January 1993
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 116; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.42%; week of Aug 26, 1990
Comebacks: 1; Sep 1990

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

20 records · 137 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
Real Gone KidApple Music	#8November 1988	13	October 1988 – January 1989	21.7	21.7
Four Bacharach and David Songs (Ep)	#2August 1990	9	August 1990 – October 1990	20.4	20.4
Twist and ShoutApple Music	#10August 1991	9	July 1991 – September 1991	15.1	15.0
DignityApple Music	#20May 1994	12	January 1988 – June 1994	10.2	10.1
Fergus Sings the BluesApple Music	#14May 1989	7	May 1989 – July 1989	8.6	8.5
Your TownApple Music	#14November 1992	7	November 1992 – January 1993	8.3	8.3
Wages DayApple Music	#18March 1989	6	February 1989 – April 1989	7.8	7.8
Queen of the New YearApple Music	#21January 1990	5	December 1989 – January 1990	5.9	5.8
When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) {1988}	#34April 1988	7	April 1988 – May 1988	5.1	5.1
Love and RegretApple Music	#28September 1989	5	September 1989 – October 1989	4.9	4.9
Your Swaying ArmsApple Music	#23May 1991	4	May 1991 – June 1991	4.7	4.7
Only Tender LoveApple Music	#22April 1993	4	April 1993 – May 1993	4.3	4.3
Chocolate GirlApple Music	#43August 1988	7	July 1988 – August 1988	4.2	4.2
Will We Be LoversApple Music	#31February 1993	4	February 1993 – February 1993	3.6	3.5
Hang Your Head (Ep)Apple Music	#21July 1993	3	July 1993 – July 1993	3.4	3.4
I Was Right and You Were WrongApple Music	#32March 1994	5	March 1994 – April 1994	3.1	3.0
Cover from the SkyApple Music	#31December 1991	3	December 1991 – December 1991	3.0	3.0
Closing TimeApple Music	#42October 1991	3	October 1991 – October 1991	2.0	2.0
Everytime You Sleep	#64April 2001	1	April 2001	0.4	0.4
When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)Apple Music	#86September 1987	2	August 1987 – September 1987	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1988 in music →

Deacon Blue's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1988 to October 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.