Songs · UK Singles Chart
Eve of the War
Entered Sep 3, 1978 · peaked at #36 on Sep 24, 1978 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 22, 1978
- Record Power
- 5.5
- 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
- September 1978 – October 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Wayne | primary | 100% | 5.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 24, 1978 on the timeline →- #1Summer NightsJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- #2Dreadlock Holiday10cc
- #3GreaseFrankie Valli
- #4Love Don't Live Here AnymoreRose Royce
- #5Three Times A LadyCommodores
- #6Oh What a CircusDavid Essex
- #7Kiss You All OverExile
- #8Summer Night CityABBA
- #9Jilted JohnJilted John
- #10Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the RingBoney M