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The Stranglers

Charting Feb 13, 1977 → Jun 16, 2013 · 200 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 200 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 200 wk Global Music Power · 200 wk

Peak Power: 2.11%; week of Aug 28, 1977
Career Power: 248; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 75; June 1977 – May 1978
Peak Five Years: 148; May 1977 – May 1982
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 200; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.44%; week of Feb 14, 1982
Comebacks: 2; Jan 1982 · Jan 1988, after 5 quiet years

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

39 records · 248 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
Golden BrownApple Music	#2February 1982	13	January 1982 – June 2013	26.2	25.9
PeachesApple Music	#8July 1977	14	May 1977 – August 1977	23.8	24.9
No More HeroesApple Music	#8October 1977	9	September 1977 – November 1977	17.4	17.3
Strange Little GirlApple Music	#7August 1982	9	July 1982 – September 1982	16.4	16.4
Something Better ChangeApple Music	#9August 1977	8	July 1977 – September 1977	14.9	15.0
Five MinutesApple Music	#11February 1978	9	January 1978 – March 1978	13.6	13.6
All Day and All of the NightApple Music	#7January 1988	7	January 1988 – February 1988	12.9	12.9
DuchessApple Music	#14September 1979	9	August 1979 – October 1979	12.9	12.8
Nice 'N' SleazyApple Music	#18May 1978	8	April 1978 – June 1978	11.3	11.3
European FemaleApple Music	#9January 1983	6	January 1983 – February 1983	10.5	10.1
Skin DeepApple Music	#15October 1984	8	September 1984 – November 1984	10.1	10.1
Walk on ByApple Music	#21August 1978	8	August 1978 – September 1978	9.3	9.3
96 TearsApple Music	#17February 1990	6	February 1990 – March 1990	7.4	7.4
Nice in NiceApple Music	#30August 1986	5	August 1986 – September 1986	5.1	5.1
No MercyApple Music	#37December 1984	8	November 1984 – January 1985	5.0	4.9
Always the SunApple Music	#30October 1986	5	October 1986 – November 1986	4.9	4.9
Always the Sun {1991}	#29January 1991	5	December 1990 – January 1991	4.7	4.7
Nuclear Device (the Wizard of Aus)Apple Music	#36October 1979	4	October 1979 – November 1979	3.6	3.6
Bear CageApple Music	#36March 1980	5	March 1980 – April 1980	3.6	3.6
Midnight Summer DreamApple Music	#35March 1983	5	February 1983 – April 1983	3.2	3.2
Grip '89 (Get a) Grip (on Yourself)	#33January 1989	3	January 1989 – February 1989	2.9	2.9
(Get a) Grip (on Yourself)Apple Music	#44February 1977	4	February 1977 – March 1977	2.8	2.8
Thrown AwayApple Music	#42February 1981	4	January 1981 – February 1981	2.7	2.6
Who Wants the WorldApple Music	#39June 1980	4	June 1980 – June 1980	2.6	2.6
Big in AmericaApple Music	#49December 1986	5	December 1986 – January 1987	2.6	2.6
Let Me Down EasyApple Music	#48February 1985	4	February 1985 – March 1985	2.2	2.2
Don't Bring Harry (Ep)Apple Music	#41December 1979	3	November 1979 – December 1979	2.2	2.2
Let Me Introduce You to the FamilyApple Music	#42November 1981	3	November 1981 – November 1981	2.1	2.1
Big Thing Coming	#31February 2004	2	February 2004 – February 2004	2.0	1.9
Shakin' Like a LeafApple Music	#58March 1987	4	March 1987 – March 1987	1.8	1.8
La FolieApple Music	#47April 1982	3	April 1982 – May 1982	1.7	1.7
ParadiseApple Music	#48August 1983	3	July 1983 – August 1983	1.7	1.7
Heaven or Hell	#46August 1992	2	August 1992 – August 1992	1.4	1.4
Long Black Veil	#51April 2004	2	April 2004 – April 2004	0.9	0.9
Sweet Smell of SuccessApple Music	#65April 1990	2	April 1990 – April 1990	0.7	0.7
Golden Brown {1991}	#68March 1991	2	March 1991 – March 1991	0.6	0.6
The Spectre of Love	#57September 2006	1	September 2006	0.5	0.5
Lies and DeceptionApple Music	#94July 1995	2	July 1995 – July 1995	0.3	0.3
In Heaven She Walks	#78February 1997	1	February 1997	0.3	0.2

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At their peak

1977 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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