Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Clash

Charting Mar 27, 1977 → Jun 9, 1991 · 132 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 55 wk, UK Singles Chart 132 wk (1 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 55 wk UK Singles Chart · 132 wk Global Music Power · 172 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.77%; week of Apr 21, 1991
Career Power: 153; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 36; July 1978 – June 1979
Peak Five Years: 106; November 1977 – November 1982
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 132; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Mar 3, 1991
Comebacks: 2; October 1982, March 1991

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Mar 15, 1981	Oct 24, 1982	84	26	1.15%	1.02%
After absence	Jan 30, 1983	Mar 17, 1991	423	140	1.15%	1.26%

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 →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

24 records · 153 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
Should I Stay Or Should I GoApple Music	#1March 1991	9	February 1991 – April 1991	20.8	21.1
London CallingApple Music	#11January 1980	10	December 1979 – February 1980	15.4	15.4
BankrobberApple Music	#12August 1980	10	August 1980 – October 1980	14.6	14.5
Tommy GunApple Music	#19December 1978	10	November 1978 – January 1979	14.4	14.3
Should I Stay or Should I Go/Straight to HellApple Music	#17October 1982	8	September 1982 – November 1982	11.2	11.1
The Cost of Living E.P.	#22June 1979	8	May 1979 – July 1979	10.7	10.7
Rock The CasbahApple Music	#30August 1982	10	June 1982 – August 1982	9.6	9.6
Rock the Casbah {1991}	#15April 1991	6	April 1991 – May 1991	7.9	8.3
English Civil War	#25March 1979	6	February 1979 – April 1979	7.7	7.7
This Is England	#24October 1985	5	October 1985 – November 1985	5.5	5.4
(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais	#32June 1978	7	June 1978 – July 1978	5.2	5.2
I Fought the Law {1988}	#29March 1988	6	March 1988 – April 1988	4.9	4.8
Clash City Rockers	#35February 1978	4	February 1978 – March 1978	3.8	3.8
The Magnificent Seven	#34April 1981	5	April 1981 – May 1981	3.6	3.6
The Call Up	#40November 1980	5	November 1980 – January 1981	3.1	3.1
This Is Radio Clash	#47November 1981	6	November 1981 – December 1981	2.6	2.6
Complete Control	#28October 1977	2	October 1977 – October 1977	2.6	2.6
White Riot	#38April 1977	3	March 1977 – April 1977	2.5	2.5
Hitsville UK	#56January 1981	4	January 1981 – February 1981	1.9	1.8
London Calling {1988}	#46May 1988	3	May 1988 – May 1988	1.6	1.6
Know Your Rights	#43May 1982	3	April 1982 – May 1982	1.5	1.5
Return to Brixton	#57July 1990	2	July 1990 – July 1990	0.9	0.9
London Calling {1991}	#64June 1991	2	June 1991 – June 1991	0.7	0.7
Straight to Hell/Should I Stay or Should I Go	#62September 1982	1	September 1982	0.4	0.4

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