Artists · UK Singles Chart

Simply Red

Charting Jun 9, 1985 → Jun 3, 2007 · 268 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 104 wk (2 at #1), UK Singles Chart 268 wk (4 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 104 wk UK Singles Chart · 268 wk Global Music Power · 303 wk

Peak Power: 1.86%; week of Nov 12, 1995
Career Power: 341; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 4; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 53; August 1991 – August 1992
Peak Five Years: 128; November 1984 – November 1989
Top-five weeks: 17; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 268; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Oct 15, 1995
Comebacks: 4; April 1989, December 1991, October 1995, April 2003

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 19, 1987	Apr 9, 1989	90	43	1.65%	1.04%
After decline	Nov 19, 1989	Dec 1, 1991	106	95	1.84%	1.01%
After absence	Mar 21, 1993	Oct 8, 1995	133	131	1.84%	1.03%
After absence	May 12, 1996	Apr 20, 2003	361	153	1.86%	1.05%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

41 records · 341 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
FairgroundApple Music	#1September 1995	14	September 1995 – December 1995	30.9	31.2
Holding Back the Years {1986}	#2June 1986	15	May 1986 – August 1986	26.2	26.1
If You Don't Know Me By NowApple Music	#2April 1989	10	April 1989 – June 1989	22.5	22.5
SunriseApple Music	#7March 2003	11	March 2003 – June 2003	17.4	17.3
The Montreux Ep	#11November 1992	9	November 1992 – January 1993	17.1	17.0
StarsApple Music	#8December 1991	9	November 1991 – January 1992	15.7	15.7
Money's Too Tight to MentionApple Music	#13July 1985	12	June 1985 – August 1985	15.5	15.3
The Right ThingApple Music	#11March 1987	10	February 1987 – April 1987	14.9	14.8
For Your BabiesApple Music	#9February 1992	8	February 1992 – March 1992	14.7	14.7
AngelApple Music	#4November 1996	14	November 1996 – February 1997	14.1	13.8
Something Got Me StartedApple Music	#11September 1991	8	September 1991 – November 1991	13.4	13.2
Ev'Ry Time We Say GoodbyeApple Music	#11December 1987	10	November 1987 – February 1988	12.8	12.6
The Air That I BreatheApple Music	#6August 1998	13	August 1998 – November 1998	11.9	11.8
You Make Me Feel Brand NewApple Music	#7December 2003	8	December 2003 – February 2004	11.8	11.8
A New FlameApple Music	#17July 1989	8	July 1989 – August 1989	11.1	11.1
It's Only LoveApple Music	#13February 1989	9	January 1989 – April 1989	11.0	11.1
Say You Love MeApple Music	#7May 1998	9	May 1998 – August 1998	9.7	9.7
We're in This TogetherApple Music	#11June 1996	6	June 1996 – July 1996	9.7	9.6
Remembering the First TimeApple Music	#22December 1995	10	December 1995 – March 1996	6.5	6.5
Ain't That a Lot of LoveApple Music	#14October 1999	8	October 1999 – December 1999	6.2	6.2
Your MirrorApple Music	#17July 1992	4	July 1992 – August 1992	5.4	5.4
FakeApple Music	#21July 2003	5	July 2003 – August 2003	4.9	4.9
Infidelity	#31May 1987	5	May 1987 – June 1987	4.5	4.5
Never Never LoveApple Music	#18February 1996	4	February 1996 – March 1996	4.2	4.1
Thrill Me	#33May 1992	5	April 1992 – May 1992	3.7	3.7
Night Nursefeatured credit · with Sly, Robbie	#13September 1997	8	September 1997 – November 1997	3.4	11.4
Perfect Love	#30October 2005	4	October 2005 – November 2005	3.0	3.0
Your Eyes	#26February 2000	3	February 2000 – April 2000	2.2	2.2
You've Got It	#46October 1989	3	October 1989 – November 1989	2.0	2.0
Holding Back The YearsApple Music	#51November 1985	4	November 1985 – December 1985	2.0	2.0
So Not Over You	#34March 2007	3	March 2007 – March 2007	1.9	1.9
Ghetto Girl	#34December 1998	2	December 1998 – December 1998	1.7	1.7
Jericho	#53March 1986	3	March 1986 – March 1986	1.4	1.4
Open Up the Red Box	#61August 1986	4	August 1986 – August 1986	1.4	1.5
Home	#40April 2004	2	April 2004 – April 2004	1.3	1.3
Daydream Believer (Cheer Up Peter Reid)with White	#41April 1996	4	March 1996 – April 1996	1.2	2.4
Come to My Aid	#66September 1985	4	September 1985 – September 1985	1.2	1.2
I Won't Feel Bad	#68March 1988	4	February 1988 – March 1988	1.2	1.2
Stay	#36June 2007	1	June 2007	1.1	1.1
Oh What a Girl	#57October 2006	2	September 2006 – October 2006	0.6	0.6
Maybe Someday	#88August 1987	2	August 1987 – August 1987	0.3	0.3

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