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

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

Peak Power: 1.26%; week of Jun 12, 1988
Career Power: 58; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

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 (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds 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 Crying	#23June 1992	5	June 1992 – July 1992	4.7	4.7
Life of Surprises	#24January 1993	4	January 1993 – January 1993	4.0	4.0
If You Don't Love Me	#33August 1992	4	August 1992 – August 1992	3.7	3.7
Cars and Girls	#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 Atlantis	#51August 1990	4	August 1990 – August 1990	2.0	2.0
A Prisoner of the Past	#30May 1997	2	May 1997 – May 1997	1.7	1.7
We Let the Stars Go	#50October 1990	3	October 1990 – October 1990	1.5	1.5
Don't Sing	#62January 1984	4	January 1984 – February 1984	1.2	1.2
Faron Young	#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, Johnny	#64February 1986	3	February 1986 – February 1986	1.0	1.0
When Love Breaks Down	#88April 1985	6	October 1984 – April 1985	0.9	0.9
The Golden Calf	#82March 1989	5	March 1989 – April 1989	0.8	0.8
All the World Loves Lovers	#61September 1992	2	September 1992 – October 1992	0.8	0.8
Electric Guitars	#53July 1997	2	July 1997 – August 1997	0.7	0.7
Nightingales	#78November 1988	3	November 1988 – December 1988	0.6	0.6
Appetite	#92September 1985	2	September 1985 – November 1985	0.2	0.3

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