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The Shadows

Charting Jul 21, 1960 → Dec 17, 1989 · 334 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in it — UK Singles Chart 334 wk (4 at #1)

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UK Singles Chart · 334 wk Global Music Power · 334 wk

Peak Power: 3.28%; week of Jun 15, 1961
Career Power: 686; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 4; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 156; August 1960 – July 1961
Peak Five Years: 548; July 1960 – July 1965
Top-five weeks: 51; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 334; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.40%; week of May 25, 1961
Comebacks: 1; February 1979

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Feb 17, 1966	Feb 4, 1979	675	403	3.28%	1.15%

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

33 records · 686 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
Wonderful LandApple Music	#1March 1962	19	March 1962 – July 1962	54.2	53.2
ApacheApple Music	#1August 1960	21	July 1960 – December 1960	51.4	52.1
Frightened City	#3June 1961	20	May 1961 – September 1961	44.2	44.1
FbiApple Music	#6February 1961	19	February 1961 – June 1961	40.0	42.1
AtlantisApple Music	#2June 1963	17	June 1963 – September 1963	39.2	39.1
Foot TapperApple Music	#1March 1963	16	March 1963 – June 1963	35.1	35.5
Dance On!	#1January 1963	15	December 1962 – March 1963	34.3	34.7
Guitar TangoApple Music	#4August 1962	15	August 1962 – November 1962	33.7	33.2
Man of Mystery/The StrangerApple Music	#5December 1960	15	November 1960 – February 1961	33.6	33.9
Kon-TikiApple Music	#1October 1961	12	September 1961 – November 1961	29.0	28.9
Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt	#5June 1964	14	May 1964 – August 1964	27.2	26.9
Don't Cry for Me Argentina	#5February 1979	14	December 1978 – March 1979	22.6	22.5
ShindigApple Music	#6October 1963	12	September 1963 – December 1963	22.5	22.7
Theme from 'the Deer Hunter' (Cavatina)Apple Music	#9May 1979	14	April 1979 – July 1979	22.2	22.2
GeronimoApple Music	#11December 1963	12	December 1963 – February 1964	20.8	20.3
Theme for Young LoversApple Music	#12April 1964	10	March 1964 – May 1964	18.3	18.2
The SavageApple Music	#10November 1961	8	November 1961 – January 1962	17.0	16.8
Don't Make My Baby BlueApple Music	#10August 1965	10	August 1965 – October 1965	16.6	16.3
Riders in the SkyApple Music	#12February 1980	12	January 1980 – April 1980	15.5	15.5
Genie with the Light Brown LampApple Music	#17January 1965	10	December 1964 – February 1965	15.5	15.3
Mary AnneApple Music	#17March 1965	10	February 1965 – April 1965	14.0	13.9
Let Me Be the OneApple Music	#12March 1975	9	March 1975 – April 1975	13.5	13.4
War Lord	#18December 1965	9	November 1965 – January 1966	12.8	12.5
Rhythm and Greens	#22September 1964	7	September 1964 – October 1964	10.7	10.5
Maroc 7	#24May 1967	8	April 1967 – June 1967	9.9	9.8
StingrayApple Music	#19June 1965	7	June 1965 – July 1965	9.3	9.2
A Place in the Sun	#24July 1966	6	July 1966 – August 1966	7.8	7.8
I Met a Girl	#22March 1966	5	March 1966 – April 1966	6.5	6.4
The Dreams I Dream	#42November 1966	6	November 1966 – December 1966	4.4	4.4
The Third Man	#44May 1981	4	April 1981 – May 1981	2.4	2.4
Equinoxe (Part V)	#50August 1980	3	August 1980 – August 1980	1.8	1.7
Theme from 'Eastenders'/'Howard's Way	#86December 1986	2	December 1986 – December 1986	0.3	0.3
Shadowmix	#81December 1989	1	December 1989	0.2	0.2

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