Artists · UK Singles Chart
Dead Kennedys
Charting Oct 26, 1980 → Jun 28, 1981 · 9 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 9 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.33%
- week of Jun 21, 1981
- Career Power
- 6
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 6
- June 1980 – June 1981
- Peak Five Years
- 6
- July 1976 – June 1981
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 9
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.05%
- week of Jun 7, 1981
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
2 records · 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Too Drunk to Fuck | #36 | 6 | 4.0 | ||
| Kill the PoorApple Music | #49 | 3 | 1.7 |
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At their peak
1980 in music →Dead Kennedys's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from June 1980 to June 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Adam & the Ants121
- 2Madness92
- 3John Lennon81
- 4Odyssey73
- 5Bad Manners72
- 6Shakin' Stevens72
- 7Sheena Easton70
- 8Diana Ross70
- 9Stevie Wonder63
- 10Ultravox60
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.