Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Pogues

Charting Mar 24, 1985 → Jan 2, 2026 · 210 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 210 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 210 wk Global Music Power · 210 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.06%; week of Jan 1, 2021
Career Power: 225; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 21; March 1987 – March 1988
Peak Five Years: 52; January 2020 – December 2024
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 210; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.41%; week of Dec 27, 1987
Comebacks: 1; Jan 2021, after 33 quiet years

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

21 records · 225 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
Fairytale of New Yorkfeat. Kirsty MaccollApple Music	#2December 1987	139	November 1987 – January 2026	181.8	246.8
Tuesday MorningApple Music	#18August 1993	5	August 1993 – September 1993	6.4	6.4
The Irish Roverwith The Dubliners	#8April 1987	8	March 1987 – May 1987	6.1	12.2
Poguetry in Motion Ep	#29March 1986	6	March 1986 – April 1986	5.6	5.5
FiestaApple Music	#24July 1988	5	July 1988 – August 1988	5.2	5.2
HauntedApple Music	#42September 1986	4	August 1986 – September 1986	3.0	3.0
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah YeahApple Music	#43December 1988	4	December 1988 – January 1989	2.6	2.6
Sally Maclannane	#51June 1985	5	June 1985 – August 1985	2.2	2.2
Misty Morning Albert BridgeApple Music	#41July 1989	3	July 1989 – July 1989	2.0	2.0
Fairytale of New York {1991}feat. Kirsty Maccoll	#38December 1991	4	December 1991 – January 1992	1.7	2.4
Dirty Old TownApple Music	#62September 1985	5	August 1985 – September 1985	1.7	1.6
If I Should Fall from Grace with GodApple Music	#58March 1988	5	February 1988 – April 1988	1.6	1.6
Summer in SiamApple Music	#64September 1990	3	September 1990 – September 1990	1.0	1.0
Honky Tonk WomenApple Music	#56May 1992	2	May 1992 – May 1992	1.0	1.0
Pair of Brown Eyes	#72March 1985	3	March 1985 – April 1985	0.8	0.8
Once Upon a TimeApple Music	#66January 1994	2	January 1994 – January 1994	0.7	0.7
Jack's Heroes/Whiskey in the Jarwith The DublinersApple Music	#63June 1990	2	June 1990 – June 1990	0.4	0.8
A Rainy Night in Soho	#67September 1991	1	September 1991	0.4	0.4
White CityApple Music	#90September 1989	2	September 1989 – September 1989	0.3	0.3
How Come	#88September 1995	1	September 1995	0.2	0.2
Miss Otis Regrets/Do I Love Youwith Kirsty Maccoll, Aztec Camera	#85November 1990	1	November 1990	0.1	0.2

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At their peak

1987 in music →

The Pogues's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1987 to March 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.