Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Gap Band

Charting Jul 6, 1980 → Jan 9, 2005 · 91 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 48 wk, UK Singles Chart 91 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 48 wk UK Singles Chart · 91 wk Global Music Power · 129 wk

Peak Power: 1.51%; week of Sep 7, 1980
Career Power: 98; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 50; July 1980 – July 1981
Peak Five Years: 63; July 1979 – July 1984
Top-five weeks: 1; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 91; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.19%; week of Jan 11, 1987
Comebacks: 1; January 1987

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jul 26, 1981	Jan 11, 1987	284	126	1.52%	1.08%

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

16 records · 98 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
Oops Upside Your HeadApple Music	#6August 1980	14	July 1980 – October 1980	23.9	24.2
Big FunApple Music	#4January 1987	11	December 1986 – February 1987	22.1	22.0
Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)Apple Music	#22February 1981	10	December 1980 – March 1981	12.1	11.7
SomedayApple Music	#17April 1984	9	March 1984 – May 1984	9.2	9.2
Oops Upside Your Head {1987}	#20July 1987	8	July 1987 – August 1987	8.8	8.8
Party Lights	#30October 1980	8	September 1980 – November 1980	7.7	7.8
Humpin	#36April 1981	6	April 1981 – May 1981	4.2	4.2
Yearning For Your LoveApple Music	#47June 1981	4	June 1981 – July 1981	2.2	2.2
Oops Upside Your Headfeatured credit · with DJ Casper	#16October 2004	7	October 2004 – January 2005	1.9	6.4
Early In The MorningApple Music	#55June 1982	3	May 1982 – June 1982	1.2	1.2
Jammin' in America	#64June 1984	4	June 1984 – July 1984	1.2	1.2
OutstandingApple Music	#68February 1983	4	January 1983 – February 1983	1.0	1.0
How Music Came About	#61March 1987	2	March 1987 – March 1987	0.9	0.9
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	#63February 1989	2	February 1989 – February 1989	0.7	0.7
I'm Ready If You're Ready	#87October 1983	1	October 1983	0.2	0.2
All of My Love	#88January 1990	1	January 1990	0.2	0.2

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