Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Flying Pickets

Charting Nov 20, 1983 → Mar 31, 1985 · 28 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 28 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 28 wk Global Music Power · 28 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.87%; week of Jan 8, 1984
Career Power: 44; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 42; July 1983 – July 1984
Peak Five Years: 44; April 1980 – March 1985
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 28; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.62%; week of Dec 18, 1983
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

5 records · 44 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
Only YouApple Music	#1December 1983	12	November 1983 – March 1984	26.6	26.0
When You're Young and in LoveApple Music	#7April 1984	8	April 1984 – June 1984	15.5	15.5
Who's That GirlApple Music	#71December 1984	3	November 1984 – December 1984	0.8	0.8
Only the LonelyApple Music	#79March 1985	3	March 1985 – March 1985	0.6	0.6
So CloseApple Music	#88July 1984	2	June 1984 – July 1984	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1983 in music →

The Flying Pickets's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1983 to July 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.