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The Triffids portraitThe Triffids

Charting Oct 25, 1987Jun 4, 1989 · 7 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 7 wk

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Peak Power
0.09%
week of Feb 7, 1988
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
February 1987 – February 1988
Peak Five Years
1
June 1984 – June 1989
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
7
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.29%
week of Jan 31, 1988
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

3 records · 1 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
Trick of the Light#7341.0
Goodbye Little Boy#9020.3
Bury Me Deep in Love#9710.1

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At their peak

1987 in music

The Triffids's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1987 to February 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Rick Astley83
  2. 2Madonna82
  3. 3Pet Shop Boys75
  4. 4Terence Trent D'Arby71
  5. 5Whitney Houston67
  6. 6Wet Wet Wet66
  7. 7T'Pau64
  8. 8Johnny Hates Jazz56
  9. 9Five Star55
  10. 10George Michael53

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.