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Exploited portraitExploited

Charting Apr 12, 1981May 23, 1982 · 14 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 14 wk

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Peak Power
0.42%
week of Nov 1, 1981
Career Power
8
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
7
May 1981 – May 1982
Peak Five Years
8
May 1977 – May 1982
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
14
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.26%
week of Oct 25, 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 →

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

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

4 records · 8 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Dead Cities#3154.9
Attack#5041.7
Dogs of War#6341.4
Don't Let 'Em Grind You Down#7010.3

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At their peak

1981 in music

Exploited's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1981 to May 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Human League95
  2. 2Shakin' Stevens90
  3. 3Bucks Fizz84
  4. 4Imagination83
  5. 5Soft Cell82
  6. 6Adam & the Ants81
  7. 7Tight Fit66
  8. 8Madness66
  9. 9Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark66
  10. 10Depeche Mode65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.