Artists · UK Singles Chart

Pretenders

Charting Feb 4, 1979 → Dec 27, 2024 · 166 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 140 wk, UK Singles Chart 166 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 140 wk UK Singles Chart · 166 wk Global Music Power · 252 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.10%; week of Feb 3, 1980
Career Power: 184; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 54; May 1979 – May 1980
Peak Five Years: 116; January 1979 – January 1984
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 166; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Jan 13, 1980
Comebacks: 4; December 1981, January 1984, November 1986, May 1994

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 27, 1980	Dec 6, 1981	70	27	2.10%	1.11%
After decline	Feb 28, 1982	Jan 8, 1984	97	51	2.10%	1.00%
After absence	Feb 26, 1984	Nov 9, 1986	141	119	2.10%	1.02%
After absence	Apr 26, 1987	May 22, 1994	367	198	2.10%	1.03%

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

22 records · 184 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
Brass in PocketApple Music	#1January 1980	17	November 1979 – March 1980	32.7	32.6
I Go to SleepApple Music	#7November 1981	10	November 1981 – January 1982	17.3	17.2
Hymn to HerApple Music	#8January 1987	12	December 1986 – March 1987	16.9	16.8
I'll Stand By YouApple Music	#10April 1994	10	April 1994 – June 1994	15.8	15.8
Talk of the TownApple Music	#8April 1980	8	March 1980 – May 1980	15.2	14.9
Don't Get Me WrongApple Music	#10October 1986	10	October 1986 – January 1987	14.9	14.9
2000 MilesApple Music	#15December 1983	9	November 1983 – January 1984	12.9	12.6
Back On The Chain GangApple Music	#17October 1982	9	September 1982 – November 1982	12.1	12.1
Message of LoveApple Music	#11February 1981	7	February 1981 – March 1981	10.5	10.2
RE2000 Miles	#42December 2023	30	December 1995 – December 2024	9.7	9.3
Stop Your SobbingApple Music	#34February 1979	9	February 1979 – April 1979	7.1	7.1
Kid	#33July 1979	8	July 1979 – October 1995	6.4	6.4
Night In My VeinsApple Music	#25July 1994	5	June 1994 – July 1994	4.7	4.7
Day After Day	#45September 1981	4	September 1981 – September 1981	2.0	2.0
Human	#33May 1999	3	May 1999 – May 1999	2.0	1.9
Thin Line Between Love And HateApple Music	#49June 1984	4	May 1984 – June 1984	1.8	1.8
977	#66October 1994	3	October 1994 – October 1994	0.9	0.9
My BabyApple Music	#84March 1987	3	March 1987 – March 1987	0.5	0.5
Middle Of The RoadApple Music	#81February 1984	2	February 1984 – February 1984	0.4	0.4
Never Do That	#81June 1990	2	June 1990 – June 1990	0.4	0.4
You Know Who Your Friends Are	#84May 2003	1	May 2003	0.2	0.2
Popstar	#97August 1999	1	August 1999	0.1	0.1

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