Artists · UK Singles Chart
Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Charting Jul 29, 1979 → Jul 21, 1991 · 19 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 19 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.24%
- week of Sep 2, 1979
- Career Power
- 27
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 16
- September 1978 – September 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 26
- November 1975 – November 1980
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 19
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.28%
- week of Aug 12, 1979
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
4 records · 27 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3 | #3 | 8 | 16.4 | ||
| I Want to Be Straight | #22 | 7 | 8.5 | ||
| Sueperman's Big Sister | #51 | 3 | 1.3 | ||
| Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick '91 | #73 | 1 | 0.3 |