Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Alarm

Charting Apr 17, 1983 → Jul 4, 2004 · 72 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 37 wk, UK Singles Chart 72 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 37 wk UK Singles Chart · 72 wk Global Music Power · 97 wk

Peak Power: 0.79%; week of Oct 23, 1983
Career Power: 57; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 19; April 1983 – April 1984
Peak Five Years: 47; March 1983 – February 1988
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 72; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.03%; week of Oct 9, 1983
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

18 records · 57 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
68 GunsApple Music	#17October 1983	7	September 1983 – October 1983	9.9	9.9
Where Were You Hiding When the Storm BrokeApple Music	#22January 1984	6	January 1984 – February 1984	6.9	6.9
Rain In The SummertimeApple Music	#18October 1987	5	October 1987 – November 1987	6.6	6.6
Spirit of '76Apple Music	#22January 1986	6	January 1986 – February 1986	5.9	5.8
Absolute RealityApple Music	#35March 1985	6	February 1985 – March 1985	4.6	4.5
A New South Wales/The Rock ft the Morrison Orpheus Male Voice Choirfeat. the Morrison Orpheus Male Voice ChoirApple Music	#31November 1989	5	October 1989 – November 1989	3.2	4.5
StrengthApple Music	#40September 1985	4	September 1985 – October 1985	2.8	2.8
The Chant Has Just BegunApple Music	#48November 1984	4	October 1984 – November 1984	2.3	2.3
Presence Of LoveApple Music	#44February 1988	3	February 1988 – February 1988	2.2	2.2
Sold Me Down the Ruver/Yn Cymraeg	#43September 1989	3	September 1989 – September 1989	2.1	2.1
The DeceiverApple Music	#51April 1984	4	March 1984 – April 1984	1.9	1.9
Love Don't Come EasyApple Music	#48February 1990	3	January 1990 – February 1990	1.7	1.7
Knife EdgeApple Music	#43April 1986	3	April 1986 – May 1986	1.6	1.6
Rescue MeApple Music	#48December 1987	3	December 1987 – December 1987	1.5	1.5
Unsafe Building 1990	#54October 1990	3	October 1990 – November 1990	1.3	1.3
RawApple Music	#51April 1991	2	April 1991 – April 1991	1.1	1.1
New Home New Life	#45June 2004	2	June 2004 – July 2004	0.9	0.9
Stand	#86May 1983	3	April 1983 – May 1983	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1983 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.