Songs · UK Singles Chart

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The Jam

Entered Mar 5, 1978 · peaked at #27 on Mar 19, 1978 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen May 4, 1980

Record Power
7.2
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
8
March 1978 – May 1980

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
The Jamprimary100%5.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 19, 1978 on the timeline →
  1. #1Wuthering HeightsKate Bush
  2. #2DenisBlondie
  3. #3Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and DogsBrian and Michael
  4. #4Baker StreetGerry Rafferty
  5. #5I Can't Stand The RainEruption
  6. #6Wishing on a StarRose Royce
  7. #7Come Back My LoveDarts
  8. #8Take A Chance On MeABBA
  9. #9Stayin' AliveBee Gees
  10. #10I Love the Sound of Breaking GlassNick Lowe