Artists · UK Singles Chart
Soft Cell
Charting Jul 26, 1981 → Feb 9, 2003 · 101 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 43 wk, UK Singles Chart 101 wk (2 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 2.41%
- week of Feb 28, 1982
- Career Power
- 165
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 101
- August 1981 – July 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 150
- March 1980 – March 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 17
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 101
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.59%
- week of Feb 14, 1982
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
14 records · 165 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tainted LoveApple Music | #1 | 30 | 39.6 | |
| Bedsitter | #4 | 12 | 24.1 | |
| Torch | #2 | 9 | 20.6 | |
| Say Hello Wave Goodbye | #3 | 9 | 18.0 | |
| What | #3 | 8 | 16.9 | |
| Tainted Love ft Marc Almondfeat. Marc Almond | #5 | 8 | 11.4 | |
| Where the Heart Is | #21 | 9 | 9.5 | |
| Soul Inside | #16 | 5 | 6.6 | |
| Down in the Subway | #24 | 6 | 6.4 | |
| Numbers/Barriers | #25 | 4 | 4.4 | |
| Tainted Love {1985} | #43 | 6 | 3.7 | |
| Say Hello Wave Goodbye '91with Marc Almond | #38 | 3 | 1.3 | |
| The Night | #39 | 2 | 1.2 | |
| Monoculture | #52 | 2 | 0.8 |
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