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The Rutles portraitThe Rutles

Charting Apr 9, 1978Nov 17, 1996 · 6 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 6 wk

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Peak Power
0.25%
week of Apr 23, 1978
Career Power
3
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
3
May 1977 – May 1978
Peak Five Years
3
May 1973 – May 1978
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
6
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.94%
week of Apr 23, 1978
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

2 records · 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
I Must Be in Love#3942.9
Shangri-La#6820.5

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At their peak

1977 in music

The Rutles's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1977 to May 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer121
  2. 2Bee Gees78
  3. 3Showaddywaddy73
  4. 4The Stranglers72
  5. 5Rod Stewart68
  6. 6Boney M66
  7. 7Hot Chocolate66
  8. 8Darts64
  9. 9Wings64
  10. 10Brotherhood Of Man64

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.