Artists · UK Singles Chart

Racey

Charting Nov 19, 1978 → Feb 15, 1981 · 43 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 43 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 43 wk Global Music Power · 43 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.15%; week of May 13, 1979
Career Power: 78; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 66; October 1978 – October 1979
Peak Five Years: 78; February 1976 – February 1981
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 43; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.42%; week of Apr 15, 1979
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

4 records · 78 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
Lay Your Love on MeApple Music	#3December 1978	14	November 1978 – February 1979	30.5	30.3
Some GirlsApple Music	#2April 1979	11	March 1979 – June 1979	25.2	25.1
Runaround SueApple Music	#13January 1981	9	December 1980 – February 1981	12.1	11.7
Boy Oh BoyApple Music	#22September 1979	9	August 1979 – October 1979	10.2	10.2

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At their peak

1978 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.