Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Human League

Charting Apr 27, 1980 → Mar 23, 2014 · 147 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 109 wk (6 at #1), UK Singles Chart 147 wk (10 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 109 wk UK Singles Chart · 147 wk Global Music Power · 234 wk

Peak Power: 3.43%; week of Jan 31, 1982
Career Power: 250; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 10; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 104; March 1981 – February 1982
Peak Five Years: 187; January 1980 – January 1985
Top-five weeks: 22; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 147; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.89%; week of Jan 17, 1982
Comebacks: 1; January 1995

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jul 17, 1983	Jan 29, 1995	599	211	3.43%	1.22%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

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

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

23 records · 250 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Don't You Want MeApple Music	#1December 1981	17	November 1981 – March 2014	36.8
Love Action (I Believe in Love)	#3August 1981	13	August 1981 – October 1981	24.7
Mirror ManApple Music	#2November 1982	11	November 1982 – January 1983	24.6
(Keep Feeling) FascinationApple Music	#2May 1983	9	April 1983 – June 1983	19.9
Open Your Heart	#6October 1981	9	October 1981 – November 1981	18.0
Tell Me WhenApple Music	#6January 1995	10	January 1995 – April 1995	17.7
Louise	#13December 1984	10	November 1984 – January 1985	15.3
HumanApple Music	#8August 1986	8	August 1986 – October 1986	14.5
Being Boiled	#6January 1982	9	January 1982 – February 1982	14.2
The Sound of the Crowd	#12May 1981	10	April 1981 – June 1981	13.8
One Man in My Heart	#13March 1995	8	March 1995 – April 1995	12.2
The Lebanon	#11May 1984	8	April 1984 – June 1984	10.6
Life on Your Own	#16July 1984	7	June 1984 – August 1984	8.3
Heart Like A WheelApple Music	#29August 1990	5	August 1990 – September 1990	4.9
Holiday 80 Ep	#46February 1982	10	April 1980 – February 1982	3.3
Love Is All That Matters	#41October 1988	5	October 1988 – November 1988	3.0
Boys and Girls	#48March 1981	4	February 1981 – March 1981	2.1
Filling Up with Heaven	#36June 1995	4	June 1995 – August 1995	1.7
Stay with Me Tonight	#40January 1996	2	January 1996 – January 1996	1.2
All I Ever Wanted	#47August 2001	2	August 2001 – August 2001	0.9
Empire State Human	#62June 1980	2	June 1980 – June 1980	0.8
I Need Your LovingApple Music	#72November 1986	2	November 1986 – November 1986	0.5
Soundtrack to a Generation	#77November 1990	2	November 1990 – November 1990	0.5

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