Songs · UK Singles Chart

Life Begins at the Hop

XTC

Entered May 6, 1979 · peaked at #54 on May 13, 1979 · 4 weeks on the chart, last seen May 27, 1979

Record Power
1.9
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
4
May 1979 – May 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
XTCprimary100%1.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 13, 1979 on the timeline →
  1. #1Bright EyesArt Garfunkel
  2. #2Pop MuzikM
  3. #3Hooray Hooray, It's a Holi-HolidayBoney M
  4. #4Does Your Mother KnowABBA
  5. #5ReunitedPeaches & Herb
  6. #6Knock On WoodAmii Stewart
  7. #7Dance AwayRoxy Music
  8. #8Parisienne WalkwaysGary Moore
  9. #9One Way TicketEruption
  10. #10Sunday GirlBlondie