Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Real Thing

Charting May 30, 1976 → Jun 12, 2005 · 119 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 8 wk, UK Singles Chart 119 wk (3 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 8 wk UK Singles Chart · 119 wk Global Music Power · 121 wk

Peak Power: 2.27%; week of Oct 17, 1976
Career Power: 179; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 3; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 68; April 1976 – April 1977
Peak Five Years: 124; December 1975 – December 1980
Top-five weeks: 14; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 119; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.53%; week of Jun 20, 1976
Comebacks: 2; March 1979, April 1986

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	May 22, 1977	Mar 11, 1979	94	26	2.27%	1.04%
After absence	Jun 17, 1979	Apr 6, 1986	354	271	2.27%	1.13%

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

16 records · 179 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
You To Me Are EverythingApple Music	#1June 1976	11	May 1976 – August 1976	28.9	28.8
Can't Get by Without YouApple Music	#2September 1976	10	August 1976 – October 1976	25.6	25.3
You to Me Are Everything (the Decade Remix 76/86)Apple Music	#5March 1986	17	March 1986 – July 1986	22.7	23.2
Can't Get by Without You (the Second Decade Remix)Apple Music	#6June 1986	13	May 1986 – August 1986	22.1	22.3
Can You Feel the Force?Apple Music	#5March 1979	11	February 1979 – April 1979	21.8	21.7
You'll Never Know What You're MissingApple Music	#16March 1977	9	February 1977 – April 1977	13.8	13.8
Whenever You Want My LoveApple Music	#18March 1978	9	February 1978 – April 1978	12.5	12.5
Can You Feel the Force? {1986}	#24August 1986	6	July 1986 – August 1986	5.9	6.1
Rainin' Through My Sunshine	#40August 1978	8	August 1978 – September 1978	5.3	5.3
Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)	#33July 1979	6	July 1979 – August 1979	5.3	5.3
Let's Go Disco	#39June 1978	7	May 1978 – July 1978	4.7	4.7
Love's Such a Wonderful Thing	#33August 1977	5	July 1977 – August 1977	4.5	4.4
So Much Love to Givefeatured credit · with FreeloadersApple Music	#9April 2005	9	April 2005 – June 2005	3.2	10.4
She's a Groovy Freak	#52November 1980	4	November 1980 – December 1980	1.8	1.8
Straight to the Heart	#71October 1986	2	October 1986 – October 1986	0.6	0.6
Hard Times	#90February 1987	1	February 1987	0.2	0.2

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