Artists · UK Singles Chart

Hue and Cry

Charting Jan 18, 1987 → Jul 24, 1994 · 64 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 64 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 64 wk Global Music Power · 64 wk

Peak Power: 1.43%; week of Aug 30, 1987
Career Power: 61; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 28; February 1987 – February 1988
Peak Five Years: 56; August 1986 – August 1991
Top-five weeks: 2; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 64; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.96%; week of Aug 9, 1987
Comebacks: 1; Mar 1989

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

14 records · 61 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Labour of LoveApple Music	#6August 1987	16	June 1987 – September 1987	22.6	22.6
Looking for LindaApple Music	#15February 1989	9	January 1989 – March 1989	13.2	13.2
Violently (Ep)Apple Music	#21May 1989	6	April 1989 – June 1989	6.8	6.7
Labour of Love {1993}	#25March 1993	4	March 1993 – March 1993	4.6	4.6
Ordinary AngelApple Music	#42November 1988	6	October 1988 – November 1988	3.6	3.6
Strength to StrengthApple Music	#46September 1987	5	September 1987 – October 1987	2.5	2.7
I Refuse {1988}	#47January 1988	3	January 1988 – February 1988	2.0	2.0
My Salt HeartApple Music	#47May 1991	3	May 1991 – June 1991	1.7	1.7
Long Term Lovers of PainApple Music	#48August 1991	3	July 1991 – August 1991	1.4	1.4
Sweet InvisibilityApple Music	#55September 1989	3	September 1989 – October 1989	1.3	1.3
I RefuseApple Music	#85March 1987	4	January 1987 – March 1987	0.6	0.6
Peaceful FaceApple Music	#83December 1989	2	December 1989 – December 1989	0.4	0.4
Profoundly Yours	#74July 1992	1	July 1992	0.3	0.3
Just Say You Love Me	#99July 1994	1	July 1994	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Hue and Cry's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1987 to February 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.