Songs · UK Singles Chart

Watchin' the Detectives

Elvis Costello

Entered Oct 30, 1977 · peaked at #15 on Dec 18, 1977 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 8, 1978

Record Power
18.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
11
October 1977 – January 1978

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Elvis Costelloprimary100%18.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 18, 1977 on the timeline →
  1. #1Mull of Kintyre/Girls' SchoolWings
  2. #2Floral DanceBrighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
  3. #3How Deep Is Your LoveBee Gees
  4. #4I WillRuby Winters
  5. #5White ChristmasBing Crosby
  6. #6Love's UnkindDonna Summer
  7. #7It's A HeartacheBonnie Tyler
  8. #8Daddy CoolDarts
  9. #9Egyptian ReggaeJonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
  10. #10Put Your Love in MeHot Chocolate