Artists · UK Singles Chart

Dexys Midnight Runners

Charting Jan 13, 1980 → Jan 18, 1987 · 94 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 23 wk, UK Singles Chart 94 wk (2 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

UK Singles Chart
Artist of the Week
2 crownsLongest reign 2 weeks: Apr 27, 1980 – May 4, 1980First crown: Apr 27, 1980

Billboard Hot 100 · 23 wk UK Singles Chart · 94 wk Global Music Power · 106 wk

Peak Power: 1.98%; week of Jun 1, 1980
Career Power: 124; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 49; September 1979 – August 1980
Peak Five Years: 112; May 1978 – May 1983
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 94; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.63%; week of Apr 27, 1980
Comebacks: 1; August 1982

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Nov 9, 1980	Aug 29, 1982	93	27	1.98%	1.02%

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

13 records · 124 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
GenoApple Music	#1April 1980	14	March 1980 – June 1980	29.6	29.2
Come on Eileenwith the Emerald ExpressApple Music	#1August 1982	18	June 1982 – January 1983	18.8	38.2
There There My DearApple Music	#7July 1980	9	July 1980 – August 1980	15.4	15.4
Let's Get This Straight (from the Start)/OldApple Music	#17December 1982	9	November 1982 – January 1983	14.0	13.8
Show MeApple Music	#16August 1981	9	July 1981 – August 1981	11.9	11.9
Because of YouApple Music	#13December 1986	9	November 1986 – January 1987	11.1	11.0
The Celtic Soul BrothersApple Music	#20April 1983	6	March 1983 – May 1983	8.0	7.9
Jackie Wilson Saidwith Kevin RowlandApple Music	#5October 1982	7	September 1982 – November 1982	6.8	14.1
Dance StanceApple Music	#40February 1980	6	January 1980 – February 1980	4.1	4.1
Celtic Soul Brothers	#45March 1982	4	March 1982 – April 1982	1.8	1.8
Plan BApple Music	#58March 1981	2	March 1981 – March 1981	0.9	0.9
Geno {1983}	#81February 1983	4	February 1983 – March 1983	0.8	0.8
This Is What She's LikeApple Music	#78November 1985	2	November 1985 – November 1985	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1979 in music →

Dexys Midnight Runners's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1979 to August 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.