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The Special AKA portraitThe Special AKA

Also credited as the Special A.K.A.

Charting Jul 22, 1979 → Dec 8, 2013 · 43 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 43 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 43 wkGlobal Music Power · 43 wk
Peak Power
1.40%
week of Sep 16, 1979
Career Power
43
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
20
October 1978 – October 1979
Peak Five Years
40
May 1979 – May 1984
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
43
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.97%
week of Sep 2, 1979
Comebacks
1
Apr 1984

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

8 records · 43 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
Gangsters#61220.4
Nelson Mandela#91115.9
What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend#5151.9
The Boilerwith Rhoda#3551.8
Racist Friend/Bright Lights#6031.3
The 2 Tone (Ep)with Madness, Selecter, The Beat#3030.8
War Crimes (the Crime Remains the Same)#8420.4
Nelson Mandela {1988}#9320.3

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At their peak

1978 in music →

The Special AKA's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1978 to October 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Boney M96
  2. 2Blondie92
  3. 3Chic74
  4. 4Electric Light Orchestra73
  5. 5Village People71
  6. 6ABBA68
  7. 7Racey66
  8. 8Earth, Wind & Fire66
  9. 9Bee Gees66
  10. 10The Boomtown Rats64

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.