Artists · UK Singles Chart
Surface Noise
Charting May 25, 1980 → Sep 7, 1980 · 11 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 11 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.54%
- week of Jun 29, 1980
- Career Power
- 8
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 8
- September 1979 – September 1980
- Peak Five Years
- 8
- September 1975 – September 1980
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 11
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.48%
- week of Jun 15, 1980
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
2 records · 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The ScratchApple Music | #26 | 8 | 7.1 | ||
| Dancin' on a Wire | #59 | 3 | 1.2 |
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At their peak
1979 in music →Surface Noise's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1979 to September 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Michael Jackson79
- 2Blondie77
- 3Dr. Hook73
- 4The Police71
- 5Madness69
- 6ABBA66
- 7Electric Light Orchestra65
- 8The Jam60
- 9The Beat57
- 10Gary Numan55
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.