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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Modern Romance

Charting Aug 9, 1981Dec 1, 1985 · 83 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 83 wk

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Peak Power
1.87%
week of Jan 16, 1983
Career Power
115
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
71
October 1982 – October 1983
Peak Five Years
115
December 1980 – December 1985
Top-five weeks
2
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
83
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.21%
week of Jan 2, 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

10 records · 115 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
Best Years of Our Lives#41326.9
Walking in the Rain#71422.8
Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey#101217.5
Everybody Salsa#121013.7
High Life#8812.7
Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm#1468.2
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White ft John du Prezfeat. John du Prez#1587.9
Queen of the Rapping Scene (Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan)#3785.0
Best Mix of Our Lives#8130.5
Good Friday#9610.1

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At their peak

1982 in music

Modern Romance's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1982 to October 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Wham!100
  2. 2Culture Club86
  3. 3Michael Jackson75
  4. 4Spandau Ballet73
  5. 5Modern Romance71
  6. 6David Bowie70
  7. 7Kajagoogoo67
  8. 8Eurythmics65
  9. 9Heaven 1763
  10. 10Madness62

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.