Artists · UK Singles Chart

The S.O.S. Band

Charting Jul 13, 1980 → May 17, 1987 · 55 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 67 wk, UK Singles Chart 55 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 67 wk UK Singles Chart · 55 wk Global Music Power · 104 wk

Peak Power: 1.05%; week of May 27, 1984
Career Power: 46; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 25; November 1983 – November 1984
Peak Five Years: 44; May 1982 – May 1987
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 55; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.34%; week of Apr 15, 1984
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

9 records · 46 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
Just Be Good To MeApple Music	#13April 1984	12	March 1984 – June 1984	16.2	16.1
The FinestApple Music	#17April 1986	10	March 1986 – May 1986	13.9	13.8
Just The Way You Like ItApple Music	#32August 1984	7	July 1984 – September 1984	5.6	5.5
Borrowed LoveApple Music	#50July 1986	5	June 1986 – July 1986	2.5	2.5
Weekend GirlApple Music	#51October 1984	5	October 1984 – November 1984	2.4	2.4
No LiesApple Music	#64May 1987	7	April 1987 – May 1987	2.0	2.0
Take Your Time (Do It Right)Apple Music	#51July 1980	4	July 1980 – August 1980	1.9	1.8
Groovin' (That's What We're Doing)Apple Music	#72February 1983	4	February 1983 – February 1983	1.0	0.9
Tell Me If You Still CareApple Music	#81June 1984	3	June 1984 – June 1984	0.4	0.5

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At their peak

1983 in music →

The S.O.S. Band's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from November 1983 to November 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.