Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Beat

Charting Dec 2, 1979 → Jan 28, 1996 · 93 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 93 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 93 wk Global Music Power · 93 wk

Peak Power: 1.89%; week of Jun 1, 1980
Career Power: 125; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 62; October 1979 – October 1980
Peak Five Years: 123; July 1978 – July 1983
Top-five weeks: 7; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 93; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.29%; week of May 22, 1983
Comebacks: 1; May 1983

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

14 records · 125 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
Can't Get Used to Losing YouApple Music	#3May 1983	12	April 1983 – July 1983	21.3	21.4
Tears of a Clown/Ranking Full StopApple Music	#6January 1980	11	December 1979 – February 1980	19.2	19.1
Mirror in the BathroomApple Music	#4May 1980	11	April 1980 – January 1996	18.3	18.1
Too Nice to Talk ToApple Music	#7January 1981	10	December 1980 – February 1981	16.6	16.1
Hands Off - She's Mine	#9March 1980	9	February 1980 – April 1980	14.8	14.8
Best Friend/Stand Down MargaretApple Music	#22September 1980	9	August 1980 – October 1980	10.5	10.4
Drowning/All Out to Get You	#22April 1981	8	April 1981 – May 1981	10.4	10.4
Doors of Your HeartApple Music	#33June 1981	6	June 1981 – July 1981	5.4	5.4
Save It for Later	#47April 1982	4	April 1982 – May 1982	2.4	2.4
Jeanette	#45September 1982	3	September 1982 – September 1982	1.8	1.8
Ackee 1-2-3	#54July 1983	4	June 1983 – July 1983	1.6	1.7
I ConfessApple Music	#54December 1982	3	November 1982 – December 1982	1.3	1.3
The 2 Tone (Ep)with The Special AKA, Madness, Selecter	#30October 1993	3	October 1993 – October 1993	0.8	3.2
Hit It	#70December 1981	2	November 1981 – December 1981	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1979 in music →

The Beat's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1979 to October 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

1Madness73
2Dr. Hook71
3Michael Jackson69
4The Police69
5ABBA68
6Blondie67
7The Jam65
8Queen65
9The Beat62
10Specials56

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.