Songs · UK Singles Chart

David Watts/'A' Bomb in Wardour Street {1983}

The Jam

Entered Apr 20, 1980 · peaked at #50 on Jan 23, 1983 · 7 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 6, 1983

Record Power
3.4
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
7
April 1980 – February 1983

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 Jamprimary100%0.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 23, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1Down UnderMen At Work
  2. #2You Can't Hurry LovePhil Collins
  3. #3Electric AvenueEddy Grant
  4. #4The Story of the BluesWah!
  5. #5Sign Of The TimesThe Belle Stars
  6. #6Steppin' OutJoe Jackson
  7. #7Heartache AvenueMaisonettes
  8. #8GloriaLaura Branigan
  9. #9Orville's SongKeith Harris & Orville
  10. #10Too ShyKajagoogoo