Artists · UK Singles Chart

Public Image Limited

Also credited as Public Image Ltd

Charting Oct 15, 1978 → Feb 23, 1992 · 65 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 65 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 65 wk Global Music Power · 65 wk

Peak Power: 1.21%; week of Oct 30, 1983
Career Power: 77; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 22; August 1978 – August 1979
Peak Five Years: 41; October 1978 – October 1983
Top-five weeks: 1; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 65; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.08%; week of Oct 2, 1983
Comebacks: 2; Oct 1983, after 5 quiet years · Mar 1986

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

13 records · 77 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
This Is Not a Love SongApple Music	#5October 1983	10	September 1983 – November 1983	17.3	17.1
RiseApple Music	#11February 1986	10	January 1986 – April 1986	14.4	14.3
Public ImageApple Music	#9October 1978	8	October 1978 – December 1978	14.1	13.8
Flowers of RomanceApple Music	#24April 1981	7	March 1981 – May 1981	8.6	8.5
Death DiscoApple Music	#20July 1979	7	July 1979 – August 1979	7.7	7.7
Don't Ask Me	#22October 1990	5	October 1990 – November 1990	5.5	5.5
DisappointedApple Music	#38May 1989	5	April 1989 – May 1989	3.9	3.9
SeattleApple Music	#47August 1987	4	August 1987 – September 1987	2.5	2.5
Cruel	#49February 1992	2	February 1992 – February 1992	1.2	1.2
Bad LifeApple Music	#71May 1984	2	May 1984 – May 1984	0.6	0.6
HomeApple Music	#75April 1986	2	April 1986 – May 1986	0.5	0.5
WarriorApple Music	#89July 1989	2	July 1989 – July 1989	0.3	0.3
The Body	#100November 1987	1	November 1987	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1978 in music →

Public Image Limited's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1978 to August 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.