Artists · UK Singles Chart

Echo & the Bunnymen

Charting May 11, 1980 → Sep 11, 2005 · 95 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 95 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 95 wk Global Music Power · 95 wk

Peak Power: 1.07%; week of Feb 20, 1983
Career Power: 105; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 25; August 1983 – August 1984
Peak Five Years: 72; January 1981 – December 1985
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 95; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.96%; week of Jan 30, 1983
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

22 records · 105 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
The CutterApple Music	#8January 1983	8	January 1983 – March 1983	13.9	13.3
The Killing MoonApple Music	#9January 1984	6	January 1984 – February 1984	10.0	10.0
Seven SeasApple Music	#16July 1984	7	July 1984 – August 1984	9.7	9.5
The Back of LoveApple Music	#19June 1982	7	May 1982 – July 1982	9.7	9.7
Never StopApple Music	#15July 1983	7	July 1983 – August 1983	9.2	9.2
Nothing Lasts ForeverApple Music	#8June 1997	6	June 1997 – July 1997	8.9	8.9
Bring on the Dancing HorsesApple Music	#21October 1985	9	October 1985 – December 1985	8.7	8.6
SilverApple Music	#30April 1984	7	April 1984 – June 1984	5.5	5.5
People Are StrangeApple Music	#29February 1988	5	February 1988 – March 1988	5.1	5.1
The GameApple Music	#28June 1987	4	June 1987 – June 1987	4.2	4.2
People Are Strange {1991}	#34March 1991	4	February 1991 – March 1991	3.7	3.7
CrocodilesApple Music	#37April 1981	4	April 1981 – May 1981	3.2	3.2
Lips Like SugarApple Music	#36August 1987	4	July 1987 – August 1987	3.2	3.1
RustApple Music	#22March 1999	3	March 1999 – April 1999	2.7	2.6
A PromiseApple Music	#49July 1981	4	July 1981 – August 1981	1.9	1.9
I Want to Be There When You ComeApple Music	#30September 1997	2	September 1997 – September 1997	1.8	1.8
It's Alright	#41April 2001	2	April 2001 – May 2001	1.0	1.0
Don't Let It Get You DownApple Music	#50November 1997	2	November 1997 – November 1997	0.9	0.9
Stormy Weather	#55September 2005	1	September 2005	0.6	0.5
Rescue	#62May 1980	1	May 1980	0.4	0.4
Make Me Shine	#84September 2001	1	September 2001	0.2	0.2
Enlighten Me	#96October 1990	1	October 1990	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1983 in music →

Echo & the Bunnymen's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1983 to August 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

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