Artists · UK Singles Chart

Men They Couldn't Hang

Charting Jun 22, 1986 → Mar 12, 1989 · 12 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 12 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 12 wk Global Music Power · 12 wk

Peak Power: 0.15%; week of Apr 24, 1988
Career Power: 3; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 2; March 1988 – March 1989
Peak Five Years: 3; March 1984 – March 1989
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 12; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 0.44%; week of Apr 10, 1988
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

6 records · 3 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
The ColoursApple Music	#61April 1988	6	March 1988 – April 1988	1.8	1.8
Rain Steam and SpeedApple Music	#88March 1989	2	March 1989 – March 1989	0.3	0.3
Island in the Rain	#92October 1987	1	October 1987	0.2	0.2
Ghosts of Cable Street	#94May 1987	1	May 1987	0.1	0.1
The Crest	#94June 1988	1	June 1988	0.1	0.1
Gold Rush	#99June 1986	1	June 1986	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1988 in music →

Men They Couldn't Hang's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1988 to March 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.