Artists · UK Singles Chart
The Boomtown Rats
Charting Aug 21, 1977 → Jul 10, 1994 · 129 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 5 wk, UK Singles Chart 129 wk (4 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 2.42%
- week of Dec 3, 1978
- Career Power
- 212
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 4
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 79
- December 1977 – December 1978
- Peak Five Years
- 206
- May 1977 – May 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 18
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 129
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.59%
- week of Nov 19, 1978
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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 →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
16 records · 212 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rat TrapApple Music | #1 | 15 | 35.0 | ||
| I Don't Like MondaysApple Music | #1 | 15 | 32.1 | ||
| Like ClockworkApple Music | #6 | 13 | 24.3 | ||
| Banana RepublicApple Music | #3 | 10 | 20.7 | ||
| She's So ModernApple Music | #12 | 11 | 17.2 | ||
| Someone's Looking at YouApple Music | #4 | 9 | 16.8 | ||
| Looking After Number One | #11 | 9 | 16.2 | ||
| Mary of the Fourth Form | #15 | 9 | 15.6 | ||
| Diamond SmilesApple Music | #13 | 10 | 13.9 | ||
| House on Fire | #24 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| The Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty) | #26 | 6 | 6.8 | ||
| Drag Me Down | #50 | 5 | 1.9 | ||
| Never in a Million Years | #62 | 4 | 1.5 | ||
| Tonight | #73 | 3 | 0.8 | ||
| Dave | #81 | 3 | 0.6 | ||
| A Hold of Me | #78 | 2 | 0.4 |
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