Artists · UK Singles Chart

Killing Joke

Charting May 17, 1981 → Mar 26, 2006 · 62 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 62 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 62 wk Global Music Power · 62 wk

Peak Power: 0.89%; week of Mar 10, 1985
Career Power: 39; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 16; April 1984 – March 1985
Peak Five Years: 27; November 1981 – October 1986
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 62; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.10%; week of Feb 24, 1985
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

19 records · 39 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
Love Like BloodApple Music	#16February 1985	9	January 1985 – March 1985	11.9	11.9
AdorationsApple Music	#42August 1986	7	August 1986 – September 1986	4.1	4.0
Empire SongApple Music	#43March 1982	4	March 1982 – April 1982	2.5	2.5
Follow the LeadersApple Music	#55May 1981	5	May 1981 – June 1981	2.3	2.3
The Pandemonium Single	#28July 1994	3	July 1994 – July 1994	2.3	2.3
MilleniumApple Music	#34May 1994	3	May 1994 – May 1994	2.2	2.2
Loose Cannon	#25July 2003	2	July 2003 – July 2003	2.2	2.2
EightiesApple Music	#60April 1984	5	April 1984 – April 1984	2.1	2.1
Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)Apple Music	#51June 1983	3	June 1983 – July 1983	1.5	1.5
A New DayApple Music	#56July 1984	3	July 1984 – July 1984	1.3	1.3
DemocracyApple Music	#39March 1996	2	March 1996 – March 1996	1.2	1.2
Kings and QueensApple Music	#58March 1985	3	March 1985 – April 1985	1.0	1.1
Me or You?Apple Music	#57October 1983	2	October 1983 – October 1983	0.8	0.8
Birds of a FeatherApple Music	#64October 1982	2	October 1982 – October 1982	0.7	0.7
AmericaApple Music	#77May 1988	3	April 1988 – May 1988	0.7	0.7
JanaApple Music	#54January 1995	2	January 1995 – February 1995	0.7	0.7
SanityApple Music	#70October 1986	2	October 1986 – October 1986	0.6	0.6
Hosannas from the Basements of Hell	#72March 2006	1	March 2006	0.3	0.3
My Love of This LandApple Music	#89July 1988	2	July 1988 – July 1988	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1984 in music →

Killing Joke's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from April 1984 to March 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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