Artists · UK Singles Chart

Prefab Sprout

Charting Jan 15, 1984 → Aug 3, 1997 · 93 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 93 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 93 wk Global Music Power · 93 wk

Peak Power: 1.26%; week of Jun 12, 1988
Career Power: 58; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 22; December 1987 – December 1988
Peak Five Years: 42; January 1988 – January 1993
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 93; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.87%; week of May 22, 1988
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

20 records · 58 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
The King of Rock 'N' RollApple Music	#7May 1988	11	April 1988 – June 1988	16.4	16.4
When Love Breaks Down {1985 Re-Release}	#25November 1985	12	October 1985 – January 1986	9.2	9.1
The Sound of CryingApple Music	#23June 1992	5	June 1992 – July 1992	4.7	4.7
Life of SurprisesApple Music	#24January 1993	4	January 1993 – January 1993	4.0	4.0
If You Don't Love MeApple Music	#33August 1992	4	August 1992 – August 1992	3.7	3.7
Cars and GirlsApple Music	#44February 1988	9	February 1988 – October 1988	3.6	3.6
Jordan: the Ep	#35January 1991	4	December 1990 – January 1991	2.9	2.9
Looking for AtlantisApple Music	#51August 1990	4	August 1990 – August 1990	2.0	2.0
A Prisoner of the PastApple Music	#30May 1997	2	May 1997 – May 1997	1.7	1.7
We Let the Stars GoApple Music	#50October 1990	3	October 1990 – October 1990	1.5	1.5
Don't SingApple Music	#62January 1984	4	January 1984 – February 1984	1.2	1.2
Faron YoungApple Music	#74July 1985	5	July 1985 – August 1985	1.1	1.1
Hey Manhattan	#72July 1988	4	July 1988 – August 1988	1.0	1.0
Johnny, JohnnyApple Music	#64February 1986	3	February 1986 – February 1986	1.0	1.0
When Love Breaks DownApple Music	#88April 1985	6	October 1984 – April 1985	0.9	0.9
The Golden CalfApple Music	#82March 1989	5	March 1989 – April 1989	0.8	0.8
All the World Loves LoversApple Music	#61September 1992	2	September 1992 – October 1992	0.8	0.8
Electric GuitarsApple Music	#53July 1997	2	July 1997 – August 1997	0.7	0.7
NightingalesApple Music	#78November 1988	3	November 1988 – December 1988	0.6	0.6
AppetiteApple Music	#92September 1985	2	September 1985 – November 1985	0.2	0.3

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Prefab Sprout's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from December 1987 to December 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.