Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Plastic Age

The Buggles

Entered Jan 20, 1980 · peaked at #16 on Feb 24, 1980 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 9, 1980

Record Power
11.5
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
January 1980 – March 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 Bugglesprimary100%11.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 24, 1980 on the timeline →
  1. #1AtomicBlondie
  2. #2Coward Of The CountyKenny Rogers
  3. #3And The Beat Goes OnThe Whispers
  4. #4CarrieCliff Richard
  5. #5I Can't Stand Up for Falling DownElvis Costello
  6. #6Take That Look Off Your FaceMarti Webb
  7. #7Rock With YouMichael Jackson
  8. #8So Good to Be Back Home AgainThe Tourists
  9. #9Together We Are BeautifulFern Kinney
  10. #10Captain Beaky/Wilfred the WeaselCaptain Beaky