Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Fall

Charting Jun 17, 1984 → Jul 4, 2004 · 47 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 47 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 47 wk Global Music Power · 47 wk

Peak Power: 0.39%; week of May 24, 1987
Career Power: 19; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 9; February 1987 – February 1988
Peak Five Years: 14; September 1985 – September 1990
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 47; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.29%; week of May 10, 1987
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

27 records · 19 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
There's a Ghost in My HouseApple Music	#30May 1987	4	May 1987 – May 1987	4.2	4.2
VictoriaApple Music	#35January 1988	3	January 1988 – February 1988	2.8	2.8
Hit the NorthApple Music	#57November 1987	5	October 1987 – November 1987	2.2	2.2
White LightningApple Music	#56September 1990	2	September 1990 – September 1990	0.9	0.9
Free Range	#40March 1992	1	March 1992	0.9	0.9
Why Are People Grudgeful	#43April 1993	1	April 1993	0.8	0.8
Big New PrinzApple Music	#59November 1988	2	November 1988 – November 1988	0.8	0.8
Telephone ThingApple Music	#58January 1990	2	January 1990 – January 1990	0.8	0.8
Hey LucianiApple Music	#59December 1986	2	December 1986 – December 1986	0.7	0.7
The ChiselersApple Music	#60February 1996	2	February 1996 – February 1996	0.6	0.6
15 WaysApple Music	#65April 1994	2	April 1994 – May 1994	0.6	0.6
The Fall vs 2003	#64December 2002	2	December 2002 – December 2002	0.6	0.5
Mr PharmacistApple Music	#75September 1986	2	September 1986 – September 1986	0.5	0.5
Theme from Sparta FC	#66July 2004	1	July 2004	0.4	0.4
Masquerade	#69February 1998	1	February 1998	0.3	0.3
Popcorn Double FeatureApple Music	#84March 1990	2	March 1990 – March 1990	0.3	0.3
Behind the Counter	#75December 1993	1	December 1993	0.3	0.3
Rollin' Dany/Couldn't Get AheadApple Music	#90June 1985	2	June 1985 – July 1985	0.3	0.3
Creep	#91September 1984	2	August 1984 – September 1984	0.3	0.3
Cab It Up	#81June 1989	1	June 1989	0.2	0.2
Touch Sensitive	#90March 1999	1	March 1999	0.2	0.2
Oh Brother	#93June 1984	1	June 1984	0.2	0.1
F-'Oldin' Money	#93August 1999	1	August 1999	0.2	0.1
Cruisers Creek/La	#96November 1985	1	November 1985	0.1	0.1
High Tension Line	#97December 1990	1	December 1990	0.1	0.1
Living Too Late/Hot Aftershave Bop	#97July 1986	1	July 1986	0.1	0.1
Draygos Guilt	#99October 1984	1	October 1984	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1987 in music →

The Fall's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1987 to February 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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