Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Pogues

Charting Mar 24, 1985 → Dec 27, 2024 · 192 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 192 wk

UK Singles Chart · 192 wk Global Music Power · 192 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.06%; week of Jan 1, 2021
Career Power: 208; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 20; August 1987 – August 1988
Peak Five Years: 52; January 2020 – December 2024
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 192; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.41%; week of Dec 27, 1987
Comebacks: 1; January 2021

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	May 8, 1988	Jan 1, 2021	1698	532	1.01%	1.06%

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

18 records · 208 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
Fairytale of New Yorkfeat. Kirsty MaccollApple Music	#2December 1987	132	November 1987 – December 2024	171.4	233.1
Tuesday MorningApple Music	#18August 1993	5	August 1993 – September 1993	6.4	6.4
Poguetry in Motion Ep	#29March 1986	6	March 1986 – April 1986	5.6	5.5
Fiesta	#24July 1988	5	July 1988 – August 1988	5.2	5.2
Haunted	#42September 1986	4	August 1986 – September 1986	3.0	3.0
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah	#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 Bridge	#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 Town	#62September 1985	5	August 1985 – September 1985	1.7	1.6
If I Should Fall from Grace with God	#58March 1988	5	February 1988 – April 1988	1.6	1.6
Summer in Siam	#64September 1990	3	September 1990 – September 1990	1.0	1.0
Honky Tonk Women	#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 Time	#66January 1994	2	January 1994 – January 1994	0.7	0.7
A Rainy Night in Soho	#67September 1991	1	September 1991	0.4	0.4
White City	#90September 1989	2	September 1989 – September 1989	0.3	0.3
How Come	#88September 1995	1	September 1995	0.2	0.2

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