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Philip Oakey portraitPhilip Oakey

Also credited as Phil Oakey

Charting Sep 16, 1984Apr 29, 2012 · 27 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 27 wk

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Peak Power
0.81%
week of Nov 18, 1984
Career Power
16
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
14
August 1984 – August 1985
Peak Five Years
14
August 1980 – August 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
27
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.64%
week of Oct 21, 1984
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 · 16 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
Together in Electric Dreamswith Giorgio Moroder#31913.7
Goodbye Bad Timeswith Giorgio Moroder#4451.6
La Todayfeatured credit · with Alex Gold#6820.1
Be My Lover Nowwith Giorgio Moroder#9110.1

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At their peak

1984 in music

Philip Oakey's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1984 to August 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna109
  2. 2Tears For Fears87
  3. 3Bruce Springsteen72
  4. 4Frankie Goes To Hollywood67
  5. 5Billy Ocean66
  6. 6Paul Young65
  7. 7Nik Kershaw62
  8. 8Kool & The Gang62
  9. 9Sister Sledge61
  10. 10Wham!61

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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