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Mercury Rev portraitMercury Rev

Charting Jul 31, 1994Apr 3, 2005 · 20 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 20 wk

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Peak Power
0.36%
week of Feb 3, 2002
Career Power
15
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
7
September 1998 – August 1999
Peak Five Years
12
August 1997 – July 2002
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
20
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.10%
week of Jan 20, 2002
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

9 records · 15 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
The Dark Is Rising#1633.7
Goddess on a Hiway#2643.0
Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp#2622.0
In a Funny Way#2821.7
Opus 40#3121.7
Nite and Fog#4720.9
Little Rhymes#5120.8
Across Yer Ocean#5420.7
Everlasting Arm/Dead Man#9110.2

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At their peak

1998 in music

Mercury Rev's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1998 to August 1999. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Steps117
  2. 2Boyzone92
  3. 3Vengaboys82
  4. 4Cher81
  5. 5Britney Spears72
  6. 6B*Witched65
  7. 7Whitney Houston63
  8. 8Robbie Williams62
  9. 9Honeyz57
  10. 10Madonna54

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1990s, the 2000s.