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Shriekback

Charting Mar 13, 1983Sep 22, 1985 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 16 wk

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Peak Power
0.20%
week of Aug 12, 1984
Career Power
4
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
3
August 1983 – August 1984
Peak Five Years
4
September 1980 – September 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.61%
week of Jul 29, 1984
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

5 records · 4 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
Hand on My Heart#5262.4
Lined Up (Remix)#7851.0
Fish Below the Ice#8820.3
Lined Up#8920.3
Nemesis#9410.1

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At their peak

1983 in music

Shriekback's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1983 to August 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Frankie Goes To Hollywood115
  2. 2Lionel Richie96
  3. 3Billy Joel93
  4. 4Howard Jones89
  5. 5Thompson Twins87
  6. 6Culture Club81
  7. 7Michael Jackson75
  8. 8UB4069
  9. 9Nik Kershaw69
  10. 10Queen62

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.