Artists · UK Singles Chart

Iron Maiden

Charting Feb 17, 1980 → Dec 21, 2014 · 189 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 189 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 189 wk Global Music Power · 189 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.22%; week of Jun 13, 1982
Career Power: 249; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 35; January 1988 – January 1989
Peak Five Years: 86; January 1982 – December 1986
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 189; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.58%; week of Dec 30, 1990
Comebacks: 2; Apr 1988 · Jan 1991

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

34 records · 249 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
Run to the HillsApple Music	#7March 1982	14	February 1982 – April 2002	22.0	21.9
The Number of the BeastApple Music	#3January 2005	16	May 1982 – December 2014	21.8	21.5
The TrooperApple Music	#5August 2005	13	June 1983 – September 2005	17.0	16.9
Can I Play with MadnessApple Music	#3March 1988	6	March 1988 – April 1988	13.1	13.1
The Evil That Men DoApple Music	#5August 1988	7	August 1988 – October 1988	11.8	11.8
Bring Your Daughter... to the SlaughterApple Music	#1December 1990	5	December 1990 – January 1991	11.4	11.2
The ClairvoyantApple Music	#6November 1988	8	November 1988 – January 1989	9.6	9.6
2 Minutes to MidnightApple Music	#11August 1984	6	August 1984 – September 1984	9.1	9.0
Flight of IcarusApple Music	#11April 1983	6	April 1983 – May 1983	9.1	9.0
Holy SmokeApple Music	#3September 1990	4	September 1990 – October 1990	8.4	8.4
Infinite Dreams (Live)Apple Music	#6November 1989	7	November 1989 – December 1989	8.3	8.3
Be Quick or Be DeadApple Music	#2April 1992	4	April 1992 – May 1992	7.0	7.0
Wildest DreamsApple Music	#6September 2003	7	September 2003 – October 2003	6.9	6.8
Run to the Hills (Live)Apple Music	#26December 1985	6	December 1985 – January 1986	6.6	6.4
Running Free {1985}	#19October 1985	6	September 1985 – December 1985	6.5	6.5
The Wicker ManApple Music	#9May 2000	4	May 2000 – June 2000	6.5	6.5
Aces HighApple Music	#20November 1984	5	October 1984 – November 1984	5.7	5.7
Wasted YearsApple Music	#18September 1986	4	August 1986 – September 1986	5.7	5.7
Different WorldApple Music	#3December 2006	3	December 2006 – January 2007	5.3	5.1
Stranger in a Strange LandApple Music	#22November 1986	5	November 1986 – December 1986	5.3	5.3
Fear of the Dark (Live)Apple Music	#8March 1993	3	March 1993 – March 1993	5.2	5.2
RainmakerApple Music	#13November 2003	6	November 2003 – January 2004	4.9	4.9
Hallowed Be Thy NameApple Music	#9October 1993	3	October 1993 – October 1993	4.9	4.9
SanctuaryApple Music	#29June 1980	5	June 1980 – June 1980	4.6	4.5
Twilight Zone/WrathchildApple Music	#31March 1981	5	March 1981 – April 1981	4.2	4.2
Running FreeApple Music	#34March 1980	5	February 1980 – March 1980	4.1	4.1
From Here to EternityApple Music	#21July 1992	4	July 1992 – July 1992	4.0	4.0
Man on the EdgeApple Music	#10October 1995	3	October 1995 – October 1995	3.8	3.8
Virus	#16September 1996	3	September 1996 – September 1996	3.3	3.3
The Angel and the GamblerApple Music	#18March 1998	3	March 1998 – March 1998	3.3	3.3
Women in Uniform	#35November 1980	4	November 1980 – November 1980	3.2	3.2
Out of the Silent PlanetApple Music	#20October 2000	3	October 2000 – November 2000	2.8	2.8
Maiden Japan	#43September 1981	4	September 1981 – October 1981	2.3	2.3
PurgatoryApple Music	#52June 1981	3	June 1981 – July 1981	1.3	1.3

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At their peak

1988 in music →

Iron Maiden's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from January 1988 to January 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.