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Sham 69 portraitSham 69

Charting May 7, 1978Apr 20, 1980 · 53 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 53 wk

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Peak Power
1.49%
week of Nov 12, 1978
Career Power
71
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
49
May 1978 – May 1979
Peak Five Years
71
April 1975 – April 1980
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
53
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.96%
week of Aug 12, 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

7 records · 71 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Hersham Boys#6916.5
If the Kids Are United#9915.9
Hurry Up Harry#10813.2
Questions and Answers#18911.0
Angels with Dirty Faces#191010.4
You're a Better Man Than I#4952.6
Tell the Children#4531.9

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At their peak

1978 in music

Sham 69's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1978 to May 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Boney M135
  2. 2Olivia Newton-John89
  3. 3Bee Gees89
  4. 4John Travolta85
  5. 5Blondie81
  6. 6Darts79
  7. 7The Boomtown Rats66
  8. 8Father Abraham and the Smurfs65
  9. 9Chic59
  10. 10Village People59

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.