Artists · UK Singles Chart
Ian and the Blockheads
Charting Dec 3, 1978 → Mar 11, 1979 · 15 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 15 wk (1 crown)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
1 crown
19781979First crown Jan 1979
- Peak Power
- 2.08%
- week of Feb 18, 1979
- Career Power
- 34
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 1
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 34
- March 1978 – March 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 34
- March 1974 – March 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 15
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.53%
- week of Jan 21, 1979
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
1 song · 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.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hit Me with Your Rhythm StickApple Music | #1 | 15 | 34.5 |
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At their peak
1978 in music →Ian and the Blockheads's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1978 to March 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Boney M131
- 2Blondie99
- 3Bee Gees97
- 4Olivia Newton-John89
- 5Darts89
- 6John Travolta85
- 7The Boomtown Rats76
- 8Showaddywaddy67
- 9Father Abraham and the Smurfs65
- 10Chic57
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.