Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Undertones

Charting Oct 15, 1978 → May 8, 1994 · 71 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 71 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 71 wk Global Music Power · 71 wk

Peak Power: 1.28%; week of Aug 10, 1980
Career Power: 73; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 33; September 1979 – August 1980
Peak Five Years: 72; July 1978 – July 1983
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 71; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.69%; week of May 11, 1980
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

12 records · 73 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
My Perfect CousinApple Music	#9May 1980	10	March 1980 – June 1980	15.1	14.9
Jimmy JimmyApple Music	#16May 1979	10	April 1979 – June 1979	14.1	14.1
Wednesday WeekApple Music	#11July 1980	9	June 1980 – August 1980	12.7	12.7
It's Going to Happen	#18May 1981	9	April 1981 – June 1981	10.3	10.2
You've Got My NumberApple Music	#32November 1979	6	October 1979 – November 1979	5.2	5.2
Teenage KicksApple Music	#31October 1978	7	October 1978 – May 1994	4.7	4.7
Here Comes the SummerApple Music	#34July 1979	6	July 1979 – August 1979	4.0	4.0
Julie OceanApple Music	#41August 1981	5	July 1981 – August 1981	3.5	3.5
Get Over YouApple Music	#57February 1979	4	January 1979 – February 1979	1.7	1.7
Teenage Kicks Ep	#60July 1983	2	July 1983 – July 1983	0.8	0.8
Got to Have You BackApple Music	#82March 1983	2	March 1983 – March 1983	0.4	0.4
My Perfect Cousin {1983}	#88October 1983	1	October 1983	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1979 in music →

The Undertones's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1979 to August 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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