Artists · UK Singles Chart

Motorhead

Charting Sep 10, 1978 → Jan 8, 2016 · 82 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 82 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 82 wk Global Music Power · 82 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.14%; week of Dec 7, 1980
Career Power: 80; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 37; August 1980 – August 1981
Peak Five Years: 67; August 1978 – August 1983
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 82; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.97%; week of Jul 12, 1981
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

19 records · 80 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
Ace of SpadesApple Music	#13January 2016	13	October 1980 – January 2016	17.8	17.3
Motorhead (Live)Apple Music	#6July 1981	7	July 1981 – August 1981	12.5	12.4
Golden Years (Ep)	#8May 1980	7	April 1980 – June 1980	11.3	11.1
St Valentine's Day Massacre (Ep)with Girlschool	#5February 1981	8	February 1981 – April 1981	7.8	15.2
Ace of Spades {1993}	#23September 1993	5	September 1993 – October 1993	5.6	5.6
BomberApple Music	#34December 1979	7	November 1979 – January 1980	5.4	5.4
Iron FistApple Music	#29April 1982	5	March 1982 – April 1982	5.1	5.1
OverkillApple Music	#39March 1979	7	March 1979 – April 1979	4.1	4.1
The One to Sing the BluesApple Music	#45January 1991	3	December 1990 – January 1991	1.9	1.9
No ClassApple Music	#61July 1979	4	June 1979 – July 1979	1.6	1.6
Beer Drinkers and Hell RaisersApple Music	#43November 1980	4	November 1980 – December 1980	1.4	2.2
I Got MineApple Music	#46May 1983	2	May 1983 – May 1983	1.4	1.4
Killed by DeathApple Music	#51August 1984	2	August 1984 – September 1984	1.1	1.1
ShineApple Music	#59July 1983	3	July 1983 – August 1983	1.0	1.0
Louie, LouieApple Music	#68September 1978	2	September 1978 – September 1978	0.6	0.6
Deaf ForeverApple Music	#67June 1986	2	June 1986 – July 1986	0.6	0.6
92 Tour Ep	#63November 1992	1	November 1992	0.4	0.4
Born to Raise Hellwith Ice-T, W. CraneApple Music	#47December 1994	2	December 1994 – December 1994	0.4	1.1
God Save the Queen	#93August 2000	2	August 2000 – August 2000	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Motorhead's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1980 to August 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.