Songs · UK Singles Chart
Accidents Will Happen
Entered May 6, 1979 · peaked at #28 on Jun 10, 1979 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 24, 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
- May 1979 – June 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Costello | primary | 100% | 7.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 10, 1979 on the timeline →- #1Ring My BellAnita Ward
- #2Sunday GirlBlondie
- #3Dance AwayRoxy Music
- #4Boogie WonderlandEarth, Wind & Fire & The Emotions
- #5Ain't No Stoppin' Us NowMcFadden & Whitehead
- #6Shine A Little LoveElectric Light Orchestra
- #7Are 'Friends' Electric?Tubeway Army
- #8We Are FamilySister Sledge
- #9Theme from 'the Deer Hunter' (Cavatina)The Shadows
- #10H.a.p.p.y. RadioEdwin Starr