Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Charting Feb 24, 1985 → May 31, 1998 · 66 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 2 wk, UK Singles Chart 66 wk

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Photo: Liane Chan from Buena Park, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 2 wk UK Singles Chart · 66 wk Global Music Power · 66 wk

Peak Power: 0.84%; week of May 24, 1987
Career Power: 61; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 23; April 1987 – April 1988
Peak Five Years: 40; December 1984 – November 1989
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 66; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.76%; week of May 3, 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

20 records · 61 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
April SkiesApple Music	#8May 1987	7	April 1987 – June 1987	10.6	10.6
Some Candy TalkingApple Music	#13July 1986	5	July 1986 – August 1986	7.7	7.6
Happy When It RainsApple Music	#25August 1987	5	August 1987 – September 1987	5.4	5.4
ReverenceApple Music	#10February 1992	4	February 1992 – March 1992	5.3	5.3
DarklandsApple Music	#33November 1987	5	November 1987 – December 1987	3.9	3.9
SidewalkingApple Music	#30April 1988	3	April 1988 – April 1988	3.3	3.3
Far Gone and OutApple Music	#23March 1992	3	March 1992 – March 1992	3.3	3.3
Sometimes AlwaysApple Music	#22July 1994	3	July 1994 – August 1994	3.2	3.1
Never UnderstandApple Music	#47March 1985	6	February 1985 – March 1985	2.9	2.9
Blues from a GunApple Music	#32September 1989	2	September 1989 – September 1989	2.1	2.1
Sound of Speed (Ep)	#30July 1993	2	July 1993 – July 1993	1.9	1.9
Just Like HoneyApple Music	#45October 1985	3	October 1985 – October 1985	1.8	1.8
Cracking UpApple Music	#35April 1998	2	April 1998 – April 1998	1.6	1.6
RollercoasterApple Music	#46September 1990	2	September 1990 – September 1990	1.4	1.4
You Trip Me UpApple Music	#55June 1985	3	June 1985 – June 1985	1.4	1.4
Almost GoldApple Music	#41June 1992	2	June 1992 – July 1992	1.3	1.3
Iloverocknroll	#38May 1998	2	May 1998 – May 1998	1.2	1.2
Head OnApple Music	#57November 1989	3	November 1989 – November 1989	1.2	1.2
Come OnApple Music	#52October 1994	2	October 1994 – October 1994	0.9	0.9
I Hate Rock 'N' RollApple Music	#61June 1995	2	June 1995 – June 1995	0.7	0.6

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At their peak

1987 in music →

The Jesus and Mary Chain's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from April 1987 to April 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.