Artists · UK Singles Chart
Ruts
Charting Jun 10, 1979 → Sep 14, 1980 · 28 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 28 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.14%
- week of Jul 29, 1979
- Career Power
- 31
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 29
- June 1979 – June 1980
- Peak Five Years
- 31
- September 1975 – September 1980
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 28
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.86%
- week of Jul 8, 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 →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
4 records · 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babylon's BurningApple Music | #7 | 11 | 15.6 | ||
| Staring at the Rude BoysApple Music | #22 | 8 | 9.1 | ||
| Something That I SaidApple Music | #29 | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| West One (Shine on Me)Apple Music | #43 | 4 | 2.4 |
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At their peak
1979 in music →Ruts's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from June 1979 to June 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Blondie92
- 2The Police87
- 3Michael Jackson72
- 4Dr. Hook71
- 5Madness70
- 6ABBA68
- 7Electric Light Orchestra65
- 8The Boomtown Rats61
- 9Cliff Richard58
- 10The Gibson Brothers56
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.