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Artists · UK Singles Chart

First Light

Charting May 15, 1983 → Jan 29, 1984 · 6 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 6 wk

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Peak Power
0.10%
week of May 29, 1983
Career Power
2
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
2
February 1983 – January 1984
Peak Five Years
2
February 1979 – January 1984
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
6
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.38%
week of May 22, 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

2 records · 2 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
Explain the Reasons#6531.0
Wish You Were Here#7130.8

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At their peak

1983 in music →

First Light's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1983 to January 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Michael Jackson103
  2. 2Eurythmics88
  3. 3Paul Young84
  4. 4Culture Club84
  5. 5Wham!78
  6. 6Thompson Twins71
  7. 7David Bowie68
  8. 8Spandau Ballet65
  9. 9Tracey Ullman61
  10. 10UB4060

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.