Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Damned

Charting Apr 29, 1979 → Nov 21, 2004 · 94 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 94 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 94 wk Global Music Power · 94 wk

Peak Power: 1.40%; week of Mar 9, 1986
Career Power: 82; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 39; March 1985 – March 1986
Peak Five Years: 61; May 1982 – May 1987
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 94; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.31%; week of Feb 16, 1986
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

19 records · 82 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
EloiseApple Music	#3February 1986	11	February 1986 – April 1986	19.1	18.9
Love SongApple Music	#20May 1979	8	April 1979 – June 1979	9.8	9.7
The Shadow of LoveApple Music	#25June 1985	9	June 1985 – August 1985	8.8	8.7
Grimly FiendishApple Music	#21March 1985	8	March 1985 – May 1985	8.7	8.6
Alone Again OrApple Music	#27May 1987	6	April 1987 – May 1987	7.3	7.2
Smash It UpApple Music	#35October 1979	6	October 1979 – November 2004	4.2	4.2
AnythingApple Music	#32November 1986	6	November 1986 – January 1987	3.9	3.8
Is It a DreamApple Music	#34September 1985	4	September 1985 – October 1985	3.7	3.6
GigoloApple Music	#29February 1987	3	February 1987 – February 1987	3.0	3.0
Lovely MoneyApple Music	#42July 1982	4	July 1982 – July 1982	2.7	2.7
I Just Can't Be Happy TodayApple Music	#46December 1979	5	November 1979 – December 1979	2.6	2.6
Thanks for the NightApple Music	#43June 1984	4	June 1984 – June 1984	2.5	2.4
Friday 13th (Ep)	#50November 1981	4	November 1981 – December 1981	2.1	2.1
History of the World (Part 1)	#51October 1980	4	September 1980 – October 1980	1.8	1.8
New RoseApple Music	#81May 1986	5	May 1986 – June 1986	0.9	0.9
White RabbitApple Music	#82March 1983	3	March 1983 – April 1983	0.6	0.6
In Dulce Decorum	#72November 1987	1	November 1987	0.3	0.3
There Ain't No Sanity ClauseApple Music	#97December 1983	2	December 1983 – December 1983	0.3	0.3
The Peel Sessions	#90September 1986	1	September 1986	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1985 in music →

The Damned's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1985 to March 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.