Artists · UK Singles Chart

Manic Street Preachers

Charting Jan 27, 1991 → Sep 15, 2013 · 215 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in it — UK Singles Chart 215 wk (3 at #1)

UK Singles Chart · 215 wk Global Music Power · 215 wk

Peak Power: 1.18%; week of May 26, 1996
Career Power: 222; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 3; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 43; August 1998 – August 1999
Peak Five Years: 108; April 1996 – April 2001
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 215; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.54%; week of Mar 4, 2001
Comebacks: 2; September 1998, May 2007

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Mar 30, 1997	Sep 20, 1998	76	48	1.18%	1.00%
After absence	Oct 3, 1999	May 27, 2007	398	115	1.18%	1.07%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

41 records · 222 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
A Design for LifeApple Music	#2April 1996	14	April 1996 – August 1996	18.6	18.5
If You Tolerate This Your Children...	#1August 1998	17	August 1998 – January 1999	17.2	17.4
Your Love Alone Is Not EnoughApple Music	#2May 2007	12	April 2007 – August 2007	16.6	16.2
The Masses Against the Classes	#1January 2000	9	January 2000 – March 2000	10.9	10.9
You Stole the Sun from My HeartApple Music	#5March 1999	12	March 1999 – June 1999	10.8	10.6
The EverlastingApple Music	#11December 1998	12	December 1998 – March 1999	9.5	9.5
Motorcycle EmptinessApple Music	#17June 1992	8	June 1992 – September 1997	8.5	8.5
So Why So Sad	#8March 2001	16	March 2001 – June 2001	8.4	8.5
Everything Must GoApple Music	#5July 1996	10	July 1996 – October 1996	8.1	8.2
AustraliaApple Music	#7December 1996	9	December 1996 – March 1997	8.1	7.8
Kevin CarterApple Music	#9October 1996	8	October 1996 – December 1996	6.3	6.5
The Love of Richard NixonApple Music	#2October 2004	5	October 2004 – December 2004	6.3	6.3
There by the Grace of GodApple Music	#6October 2002	9	October 2002 – January 2003	6.2	6.2
Empty SoulsApple Music	#2January 2005	4	January 2005 – February 2005	6.1	5.9
Theme from MASH/(Everything I Do) I Do It for Youwith Fatima Mansions	#7September 1992	6	September 1992 – October 1992	6.0	12.1
TsunamiApple Music	#11July 1999	8	July 1999 – September 1999	5.8	5.8
You Love Us {1992}	#16February 1992	4	January 1992 – February 1992	5.1	5.1
La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)	#22July 1993	5	July 1993 – August 1993	5.0	5.0
Slash 'N' BurnApple Music	#20March 1992	6	March 1992 – September 1997	4.8	5.3
Ocean Spray	#15June 2001	8	June 2001 – August 2001	4.5	4.5
From Despair to Where	#25June 1993	4	June 1993 – June 1993	4.3	4.3
Faster/P.C.P.Apple Music	#16June 1994	5	June 1994 – July 1994	3.9	3.9
Roses in the HospitalApple Music	#15September 1993	3	September 1993 – October 1993	3.8	3.8
AutumnsongApple Music	#10July 2007	3	July 2007 – August 2007	3.7	3.6
RevolApple Music	#22August 1994	3	August 1994 – August 1994	3.7	3.7
Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat	#26November 1991	3	November 1991 – November 1991	3.5	3.5
She Is Suffering	#25October 1994	3	October 1994 – October 1994	3.4	3.4
Found That Soul	#9March 2001	6	March 2001 – May 2001	3.3	5.0
Let Robeson Sing	#19September 2001	4	September 2001 – October 2001	3.0	3.0
(It's Not War) Just the End of Love	#28September 2010	4	September 2010 – October 2010	3.0	2.8
Little Baby Nothing	#29November 1992	5	November 1992 – September 1997	3.0	3.4
Stay Beautiful	#40August 1991	5	August 1991 – September 1997	2.5	3.1
Umbrella	#47March 2008	5	March 2008 – April 2008	2.2	2.2
Indian Summer	#22October 2007	1	October 2007	1.8	1.7
Life Becoming a Landslide	#36February 1994	2	February 1994 – February 1994	1.6	1.6
You Love Us	#49September 1997	4	May 1991 – September 1997	1.3	1.6
Some Kind of Nothingness	#44December 2010	1	December 2010	0.8	0.8
Postcards from a Young Man	#54March 2011	1	March 2011	0.6	0.6
Motown Junk	#94January 1991	2	January 1991 – February 1991	0.3	0.3
Show Me the Wonder	#77September 2013	1	September 2013	0.3	0.3
Love's Sweet Exile	#55September 1997	2	September 1997 – September 1997	0.1	0.7

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