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Charting Sep 7, 1980Jan 3, 1982 · 38 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 38 wk

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Peak Power
1.83%
week of Nov 2, 1980
Career Power
63
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
42
September 1980 – September 1981
Peak Five Years
63
January 1977 – January 1982
Top-five weeks
9
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
38
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.43%
week of Oct 19, 1980
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 · 63 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
D.I.S.C.O.#21729.9
Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)#31528.6
Help Get Me Some Help#4962.7
You're Ok#5652.2

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At their peak

1980 in music

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

  1. 1Adam & the Ants137
  2. 2Madness90
  3. 3Shakin' Stevens89
  4. 4John Lennon81
  5. 5Bad Manners78
  6. 6Stevie Wonder78
  7. 7Spandau Ballet69
  8. 8Ultravox67
  9. 9The Nolans64
  10. 10Kim Wilde58

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.