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Saxon

Charting Mar 16, 1980 → May 1, 1988 · 73 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 73 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 73 wk Global Music Power · 73 wk

Peak Power: 1.35%; week of Jul 20, 1980
Career Power: 61; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 29; May 1980 – May 1981
Peak Five Years: 55; February 1979 – February 1984
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 73; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.40%; week of Apr 19, 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

18 records · 61 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
747 (Strangers in the Night)Apple Music	#13July 1980	9	June 1980 – August 1980	13.0	12.9
Wheels of SteelApple Music	#20April 1980	11	March 1980 – May 1980	12.5	12.4
And the Bands Played OnApple Music	#12April 1981	8	April 1981 – May 1981	12.4	12.3
Never SurrenderApple Music	#18July 1981	6	July 1981 – August 1981	8.2	8.1
Power and the GloryApple Music	#32May 1983	5	April 1983 – May 1983	3.8	3.8
Ride Like the WindApple Music	#52March 1988	5	February 1988 – March 1988	2.2	2.1
NightmareApple Music	#50July 1983	4	July 1983 – August 1983	1.6	1.6
Back on the StreetsApple Music	#75August 1985	6	August 1985 – September 1985	1.3	1.2
Princess of the NightApple Music	#57November 1981	3	October 1981 – November 1981	1.1	1.1
Strong Arm of the LawApple Music	#63December 1980	3	November 1980 – December 1980	1.0	1.0
Sailing to AmericaApple Music	#81January 1984	4	January 1984 – February 1984	0.8	0.8
Waiting for the NightApple Music	#66August 1986	2	August 1986 – August 1986	0.7	0.7
I Can't Wait AnymoreApple Music	#71April 1988	2	April 1988 – May 1988	0.5	0.5
Rock 'N' Roll GypsyApple Music	#72March 1986	2	March 1986 – March 1986	0.5	0.5
Backs to the WallApple Music	#64June 1980	2	June 1980 – June 1980	0.4	0.7
Big Teaser/Rainbow ThemeApple Music	#66June 1980	2	June 1980 – June 1980	0.4	0.7
Rock the NationsApple Music	#80November 1986	2	November 1986 – November 1986	0.4	0.4
Northern Lady	#91January 1987	1	January 1987	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Saxon's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1980 to May 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.