Artists · UK Singles Chart

King Kurt

Charting Oct 9, 1983 → May 3, 1987 · 26 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 26 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 26 wk Global Music Power · 26 wk

Peak Power: 0.41%; week of Nov 13, 1983
Career Power: 11; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 8; August 1983 – August 1984
Peak Five Years: 11; May 1982 – May 1987
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 26; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.05%; week of Oct 30, 1983
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

7 records · 11 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
Destination Zulu LandApple Music	#36October 1983	6	October 1983 – November 1983	4.8	4.8
Mack the KnifeApple Music	#55May 1984	4	April 1984 – May 1984	1.8	1.8
Banana BananaApple Music	#54August 1984	4	July 1984 – August 1984	1.8	1.8
America	#73November 1986	4	November 1986 – November 1986	1.0	0.9
BillyApple Music	#81June 1985	4	June 1985 – June 1985	0.7	0.7
Land of Ring Dang Doo	#67April 1987	2	April 1987 – May 1987	0.6	0.6
The Road to Rack and Ruin	#94September 1985	2	September 1985 – September 1985	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1983 in music →

King Kurt's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1983 to August 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.