Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Smiths

Charting Nov 6, 1983 → Jun 23, 2017 · 112 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 112 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 112 wk Global Music Power · 112 wk

Peak Power: 1.37%; week of Mar 4, 1984
Career Power: 143; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 48; October 1983 – October 1984
Peak Five Years: 126; October 1983 – October 1988
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 112; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.77%; week of Aug 16, 1992
Comebacks: 2; August 1986, September 1992

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Dec 2, 1984	Aug 17, 1986	89	29	1.37%	1.01%
After absence	Jul 19, 1987	Sep 20, 1992	269	196	1.37%	1.01%

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

21 records · 143 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
What Difference Does It MakeApple Music	#12February 1984	9	January 1984 – March 1984	14.6	14.5
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable NowApple Music	#10June 1984	8	May 1984 – July 1984	13.6	13.4
PanicApple Music	#11August 1986	8	July 1986 – September 1986	13.2	13.1
This Charming ManApple Music	#25November 1983	18	November 1983 – April 1984	11.6	11.8
Sheila Take a BowApple Music	#10April 1987	5	April 1987 – May 1987	9.0	9.0
AskApple Music	#14November 1986	9	October 1986 – February 1995	8.7	8.7
William It Was Really NothingApple Music	#17September 1984	7	August 1984 – October 1984	7.9	7.9
This Charming Man {1992}	#8August 1992	5	August 1992 – September 1992	7.8	7.9
Girlfriend in a ComaApple Music	#13August 1987	5	August 1987 – September 1987	7.4	7.3
Shoplifters of the World UniteApple Music	#12February 1987	4	February 1987 – February 1987	7.2	7.2
How Soon Is Now	#24February 1985	9	February 1985 – April 1985	6.9	7.1
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side	#23October 1985	5	September 1985 – October 1985	6.2	6.1
How Soon Is Now {1992}	#16September 1992	4	September 1992 – September 1992	5.9	5.9
I Started Something I Couldn't FinishApple Music	#23November 1987	4	November 1987 – November 1987	5.2	5.2
Big Mouth Strikes Again	#26June 1986	4	May 1986 – June 1986	4.7	4.7
Shakespeare's Sister	#26March 1985	4	March 1985 – April 1985	4.4	4.3
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me	#30December 1987	5	December 1987 – January 1988	3.9	3.8
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out	#25October 1992	3	October 1992 – November 1992	3.1	3.1
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore	#49July 1985	3	July 1985 – July 1985	1.5	1.5
The Peel Sessions	#90October 1988	2	October 1988 – October 1988	0.3	0.3
The Queen Is Dead	#85June 2017	1	June 2017	0.2	0.2

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