Artists · UK Singles Chart

Olympic Runners

Charting May 7, 1978 → Sep 2, 1979 · 21 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 21 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 21 wk Global Music Power · 21 wk

Peak Power: 0.46%; week of Feb 18, 1979
Career Power: 14; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 14; September 1978 – September 1979
Peak Five Years: 14; September 1974 – September 1979
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 21; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.10%; week of Oct 22, 1978
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

4 records · 14 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
Sir DancealotApple Music	#35January 1979	6	January 1979 – February 1979	4.7	4.7
The BitchApple Music	#37July 1979	7	July 1979 – September 1979	4.6	4.6
Get It While You CanApple Music	#35October 1978	6	October 1978 – November 1978	4.4	4.3
Whatever It Takes	#61May 1978	2	May 1978 – May 1978	0.9	0.9

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At their peak

1978 in music →

Olympic Runners's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1978 to September 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.