Artists · UK Singles Chart

Total Contrast

Charting Jul 28, 1985 → Dec 25, 1988 · 29 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 29 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 29 wk Global Music Power · 29 wk

Peak Power: 0.78%; week of Sep 15, 1985
Career Power: 19; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 18; June 1985 – June 1986
Peak Five Years: 19; January 1984 – December 1988
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 29; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.07%; week of Aug 25, 1985
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

7 records · 19 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
Takes a Little TimeApple Music	#17August 1985	10	July 1985 – September 1985	11.1	10.9
Hit and RunApple Music	#41November 1985	5	October 1985 – November 1985	3.8	3.8
The RiverApple Music	#44March 1986	3	February 1986 – March 1986	1.8	1.8
What You Gonna Do About ItApple Music	#63May 1986	5	May 1986 – June 1986	1.7	1.7
KISSApple Music	#80October 1987	2	October 1987 – November 1987	0.4	0.4
Waiting in Vain	#90December 1988	2	December 1988 – December 1988	0.3	0.3
JodyApple Music	#90August 1987	2	August 1987 – August 1987	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1985 in music →

Total Contrast's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from June 1985 to June 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.