Artists · UK Singles Chart

Samson

Charting Jun 28, 1981 → Mar 6, 1983 · 7 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 7 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 7 wk Global Music Power · 7 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 0.12%; week of Jul 12, 1981
Career Power: 3; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 1; March 1982 – March 1983
Peak Five Years: 3; March 1978 – March 1983
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 7; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 0.54%; week of Jul 5, 1981
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

3 records · 3 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
Riding with the AngelsApple Music	#55July 1981	3	June 1981 – July 1981	1.3	1.3
Losing My GripApple Music	#63July 1982	2	July 1982 – July 1982	0.7	0.7
Red SkiesApple Music	#65February 1983	2	February 1983 – March 1983	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1982 in music →

Samson's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1982 to March 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.