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the Ice Rink String Sounds

Charting Dec 7, 1980Feb 15, 1981 · 10 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 10 wk

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Peak Power
0.20%
week of Feb 1, 1981
Career Power
3
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
3
February 1980 – February 1981
Peak Five Years
3
February 1976 – February 1981
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
10
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.49%
week of Jan 11, 1981
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

1 song · 3 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Do Nothing/Maggie's Farm ft Rico with the Ice Rink String Soundsfeatured credit · with Specials · feat. Rico#4102.7

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At their peak

1980 in music

the Ice Rink String Sounds's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1980 to February 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madness81
  2. 2Blondie81
  3. 3Bad Manners68
  4. 4Diana Ross65
  5. 5Adam & the Ants65
  6. 6John Lennon63
  7. 7The Police62
  8. 8UB4061
  9. 9Odyssey61
  10. 10The Beat59

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.