Artists · UK Singles Chart

Was (Not Was)

Charting Feb 19, 1984 → Sep 20, 1992 · 63 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 37 wk, UK Singles Chart 63 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 37 wk UK Singles Chart · 63 wk Global Music Power · 100 wk

Peak Power: 1.57%; week of Aug 23, 1992
Career Power: 73; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 32; May 1987 – May 1988
Peak Five Years: 65; September 1987 – September 1992
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 63; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.17%; week of Aug 2, 1992
Comebacks: 1; August 1992

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jun 19, 1988	Aug 2, 1992	214	94	1.24%	1.20%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

14 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Shake Your HeadApple Music	#4August 1992	9	July 1992 – August 1992	21.0	21.0
Walk The DinosaurApple Music	#10October 1987	10	September 1987 – November 1987	16.1	16.0
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone	#12June 1990	7	May 1990 – July 1990	12.0	12.0
Spy in the House of Love {1988}	#21February 1988	8	January 1988 – March 1988	9.8	9.7
Spy In The House Of LoveApple Music	#51August 1987	7	July 1987 – August 1987	3.8	3.8
Out Come the Freaks	#41March 1984	6	February 1984 – March 1984	3.5	3.5
How the Heart Behaves	#53August 1990	4	July 1990 – August 1990	1.9	1.8
Out Come the Freaks (Again)	#44May 1988	3	May 1988 – May 1988	1.8	1.8
Listen Like Thieves	#58May 1992	2	May 1992 – May 1992	1.0	1.0
Anything Can Happen	#67July 1988	3	July 1988 – July 1988	1.0	1.0
Somewhere in America	#57September 1992	1	September 1992	0.5	0.5
I Feel Better Than James Brown	#91November 1990	2	November 1990 – November 1990	0.3	0.3
Robot Girl	#95September 1986	1	September 1986	0.1	0.1
The Boy's Gone Crazy	#84November 1987	1	November 1987	0.1	0.2

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