Artists · UK Singles Chart

Rush

Charting Feb 5, 1978 → Mar 1, 1992 · 43 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 71 wk, UK Singles Chart 43 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 71 wk UK Singles Chart · 43 wk Global Music Power · 102 wk

Peak Power: 0.80%; week of Apr 13, 1980
Career Power: 37; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 10; April 1979 – April 1980
Peak Five Years: 29; June 1979 – June 1984
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 43; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.32%; week of Mar 23, 1980
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

12 records · 37 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
Spirit of Radio	#13March 1980	7	March 1980 – April 1980	10.3	10.3
Tom Sawyer (Live)Apple Music	#25November 1981	6	October 1981 – November 1981	7.4	7.4
Countdown/New World ManApple Music	#36May 1983	5	May 1983 – May 1983	4.0	4.0
Closer To The HeartApple Music	#36February 1978	3	February 1978 – February 1978	2.7	2.7
Vital Signs/A Passage to BangkokApple Music	#41March 1981	4	March 1981 – April 1981	2.4	2.4
New World ManApple Music	#42September 1982	3	August 1982 – September 1982	2.1	2.1
Prime MoverApple Music	#43April 1988	3	April 1988 – May 1988	1.8	1.8
The Big MoneyApple Music	#46October 1985	3	October 1985 – October 1985	1.8	1.7
The Body ElectricApple Music	#56May 1984	3	May 1984 – June 1984	1.3	1.3
SubdivisionsApple Music	#53October 1982	2	October 1982 – October 1982	1.1	1.1
Time Stand Stillwith Aimee MannApple Music	#42October 1987	3	October 1987 – November 1987	1.1	2.1
Roll the Bones	#49March 1992	1	March 1992	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1979 in music →

Rush's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from April 1979 to April 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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