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Charting Nov 20, 1968 → Jul 13, 1997 · 62 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 62 wk

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Peak Power
1.41%
week of Jan 22, 1969
Career Power
65
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
21
February 1968 – January 1969
Peak Five Years
30
April 1990 – April 1995
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
62
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.78%
week of Dec 18, 1968
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

15 records · 65 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
Race with the Devil#81121.4
Word Up#8712.5
Better Days#33117.0
Steal Your Fire#2444.5
Don't Say It's Over#1933.6
Shame on You#3343.4
Crazy You#2122.5
The Only One#2932.4
Taking on the World#5031.5
Something Worthwhile#3921.2
Welcome to the Real World#4321.2
Inside Out#5731.1
Higher Ground#4821.0
Money (Everybody Loves Her)#7330.8
My Sweet Jane#5120.8

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At their peak

1968 in music →

Gun's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1968 to January 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Tom Jones107
  2. 2Des O'Connor90
  3. 3Engelbert Humperdinck84
  4. 4Herman's Hermits72
  5. 5The Beach Boys68
  6. 6The Beatles67
  7. 7Love Affair67
  8. 8Louis Armstrong65
  9. 9Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich65
  10. 10Bee Gees65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.