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Charting Nov 28, 1982 → Feb 5, 1995 · 66 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 66 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 66 wk Global Music Power · 66 wk

Peak Power: 0.61%; week of Sep 28, 1986
Career Power: 42; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 13; May 1986 – May 1987
Peak Five Years: 24; January 1989 – January 1994
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 66; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.04%; week of Jan 9, 1994
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

18 records · 42 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
HeartlandApple Music	#29September 1986	11	August 1986 – November 1986	8.4	8.4
The Beat(En) GenerationApple Music	#18April 1989	5	March 1989 – April 1989	6.1	6.1
Dis-Infected Ep	#17January 1994	4	January 1994 – January 1994	5.4	5.3
Dogs of LustApple Music	#25January 1993	4	January 1993 – January 1993	4.7	4.7
InfectedApple Music	#48November 1986	7	October 1986 – January 1987	2.6	2.6
Slow Emotion ReplayApple Music	#35April 1993	3	April 1993 – April 1993	2.5	2.5
Love Is Stronger Than DeathApple Music	#39June 1993	3	June 1993 – June 1993	2.1	2.1
I Saw the LightApple Music	#31January 1995	2	January 1995 – February 1995	1.9	1.9
Gravitate to MeApple Music	#63July 1989	4	July 1989 – August 1989	1.4	1.4
Sweet Bird of Truth {1987}	#55May 1987	3	May 1987 – May 1987	1.2	1.2
This Is the DayApple Music	#71September 1983	4	September 1983 – September 1983	1.1	1.1
Uncertain SmileApple Music	#68December 1982	4	November 1982 – January 1983	1.1	1.1
Slow Train to DawnApple Music	#64January 1987	3	January 1987 – February 1987	0.9	0.9
Shades of Blue (Ep)	#54February 1991	2	February 1991 – March 1991	0.8	0.8
Armageddon Days Are Here	#70October 1989	2	October 1989 – October 1989	0.6	0.6
PerfectApple Music	#79February 1983	3	February 1983 – March 1983	0.5	0.5
Sweet Bird of TruthApple Music	#88June 1986	2	June 1986 – June 1986	0.3	0.3
Uncertain Smile {1983}	#100November 1983	1	November 1983	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1986 in music →

The The's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1986 to May 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.