Songs · UK Singles Chart

Imperial Wizard

David Essex

Entered Feb 25, 1979 · peaked at #32 on Mar 4, 1979 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 15, 1979

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
February 1979 – April 1979

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
David Essexprimary100%7.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 4, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1TragedyBee Gees
  2. #2Oliver's ArmyElvis Costello And The Attractions
  3. #3I Will SurviveGloria Gaynor
  4. #4Lucky NumberLene Lovich
  5. #5Can You Feel the Force?The Real Thing
  6. #6Heart Of GlassBlondie
  7. #7Something Else/Friggin' in the RigginThe Sex Pistols
  8. #8ContactEdwin Starr
  9. #9ChiquititaABBA
  10. #10Painter ManBoney M