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Joe Strummer portraitJoe Strummer

Charting Jul 20, 1986Aug 20, 1989 · 7 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 7 wk

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Peak Power
0.07%
week of Aug 3, 1986
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
August 1985 – August 1986
Peak Five Years
1
August 1984 – August 1989
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
7
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.34%
week of Jul 27, 1986
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

3 records · 1 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
Love Kills#6930.8
Trash Citywith Latino Rockabilly#7630.3
Gangsterville#9110.2

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At their peak

1985 in music

Joe Strummer's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1985 to August 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna155
  2. 2a-ha94
  3. 3Whitney Houston74
  4. 4Five Star69
  5. 5Level 4269
  6. 6Dire Straits63
  7. 7Jennifer Rush61
  8. 8Wham!60
  9. 9UB4058
  10. 10Pet Shop Boys57

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.