Artists · UK Singles Chart

Polecats

Charting Mar 1, 1981 → Jan 30, 1983 · 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: 0.59%; week of Jun 7, 1981
Career Power: 13; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 13; September 1980 – September 1981
Peak Five Years: 13; February 1978 – January 1983
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 21; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.09%; week of May 31, 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

4 records · 13 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
John I'm Only Dancing/Big Green CarApple Music	#35April 1981	8	March 1981 – April 1981	6.4	6.4
Rockabilly GuyApple Music	#35May 1981	6	May 1981 – June 1981	4.5	4.5
Jeepster/Marie CelesteApple Music	#53August 1981	4	August 1981 – September 1981	1.7	1.7
Make a Circuit with MeApple Music	#76January 1983	3	January 1983 – January 1983	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1980 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.