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Charting Jun 8, 1980Sep 12, 1982 · 46 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 46 wk

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Peak Power
1.17%
week of May 10, 1981
Career Power
48
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
33
February 1981 – January 1982
Peak Five Years
48
September 1977 – September 1982
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
46
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.25%
week of Oct 5, 1980
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

8 records · 48 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
New Orleans#171014.4
Trouble#1468.5
Restless#2576.6
No Laughing in Heaven#3165.5
Nightmare#3665.1
Mutually Assured Destruction#3254.4
Living for the City#5031.8
Sleeping on the Job#5531.3

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At their peak

1981 in music

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

  1. 1Adam & the Ants121
  2. 2Shakin' Stevens114
  3. 3The Human League98
  4. 4Bucks Fizz86
  5. 5Toyah77
  6. 6Kim Wilde77
  7. 7Madness76
  8. 8Ultravox70
  9. 9Bad Manners66
  10. 10Soft Cell62

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.