Artists · UK Singles Chart

Primal Scream

Charting Jun 21, 1987 → Jul 27, 2008 · 88 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 88 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 88 wk Global Music Power · 88 wk

Peak Power: 0.97%; week of Jun 25, 2006
Career Power: 81; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 18; September 1989 – September 1990
Peak Five Years: 39; December 1989 – December 1994
Top-five weeks: 1; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 88; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.11%; week of May 28, 2006
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

25 records · 81 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
Country GirlApple Music	#5May 2006	16	May 2006 – September 2006	16.5	16.5
LoadedApple Music	#16March 1990	12	February 1990 – May 1990	11.2	11.1
Dixie-Narco (Ep)	#11February 1992	6	February 1992 – March 1992	7.8	7.8
Rocks/Funky JamApple Music	#7March 1994	6	March 1994 – April 1994	7.1	7.0
Come TogetherApple Music	#26August 1990	6	August 1990 – September 1990	6.9	6.9
KowalskiApple Music	#8May 1997	3	May 1997 – May 1997	4.2	4.2
StarApple Music	#16June 1997	4	June 1997 – August 1997	3.4	3.4
Burning WheelApple Music	#17October 1997	2	October 1997 – October 1997	2.6	2.6
Swastika Eyes	#22November 1999	2	November 1999 – November 1999	2.3	2.3
Kill All Hippies	#24March 2000	2	March 2000 – April 2000	2.2	2.2
Miss LuciferApple Music	#25July 2002	2	July 2002 – August 2002	2.1	2.1
JailbirdApple Music	#29June 1994	3	June 1994 – June 1994	2.0	2.0
Higher Than the SunApple Music	#40June 1991	2	June 1991 – June 1991	1.7	1.7
Don't Fight It Feel ItApple Music	#41August 1991	2	August 1991 – August 1991	1.5	1.5
Big Man & Scream Team Meet Barmy Army..with Irvine Welsh	#17June 1996	2	June 1996 – June 1996	1.4	2.8
Accelerator	#34September 2000	2	September 2000 – September 2000	1.4	1.4
Dolls	#40August 2006	2	August 2006 – August 2006	1.2	1.2
Some Velvet Morning	#44November 2003	2	November 2003 – November 2003	1.1	1.1
(I'm Gonna) Cry Myself BlindApple Music	#49December 1994	2	December 1994 – December 1994	1.0	1.0
Can't Go Back	#48July 2008	2	July 2008 – July 2008	1.0	0.9
Autobahn 66	#44November 2002	2	November 2002 – November 2002	1.0	1.0
Gentle TuesdayApple Music	#86June 1987	3	June 1987 – July 1987	0.5	0.5
ImperialApple Music	#86September 1987	3	September 1987 – September 1987	0.5	0.5
If They Move, Kill 'Em	#81February 1998	1	February 1998	0.2	0.2
Ivy Ivy Ivy	#97August 1989	1	August 1989	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1989 in music →

Primal Scream's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1989 to September 1990. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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