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James Last portraitJames Last

Also credited as James Last Band

Charting Apr 27, 1980 → May 18, 1980 · 4 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 17 wk, UK Singles Chart 4 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 17 wkUK Singles Chart · 4 wkGlobal Music Power · 17 wk
Peak Power
0.19%
week of May 18, 1980
Career Power
2
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
2
May 1979 – May 1980
Peak Five Years
2
May 1975 – May 1980
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
4
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.71%
week of May 4, 1980
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

1 song · 2 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
The Seduction (Love Theme)#4842.1

At their peak

1979 in music →

James Last's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1979 to May 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Blondie98
  2. 2The Police91
  3. 3ABBA74
  4. 4Dr. Hook71
  5. 5Madness70
  6. 6Electric Light Orchestra67
  7. 7Michael Jackson66
  8. 8The Boomtown Rats61
  9. 9Cliff Richard58
  10. 10The Gibson Brothers56

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.