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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Hi Tension

Charting Apr 30, 1978Jun 24, 1984 · 26 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 26 wk

Compare with other artists
Peak Power
1.51%
week of Sep 24, 1978
Career Power
34
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
34
October 1977 – October 1978
Peak Five Years
34
October 1973 – October 1978
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
26
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.76%
week of Sep 10, 1978
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

3 records · 34 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
British Hustle#81118.2
Hi-Tension#131215.7
Rat Race#8330.5

At their peak

1977 in music

Hi Tension's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1977 to October 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Darts114
  2. 2Bee Gees106
  3. 3Boney M105
  4. 4Electric Light Orchestra74
  5. 5ABBA73
  6. 6Donna Summer72
  7. 7Showaddywaddy72
  8. 8Wings71
  9. 9The Boomtown Rats62
  10. 10Blondie61

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.