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Polecats

Entered Mar 1, 1981 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 19, 1981

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Record Power
6.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#35
1 week there · Apr 5, 1981
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
8
March 1981 – April 1981

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 it 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
Polecatsprimary100%6.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 5, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1This Ole HouseShakin' Stevens
  2. #2Making Your Mind UpBucks Fizz
  3. #3LatelyStevie Wonder
  4. #4Kids In AmericaKim Wilde
  5. #5Einstein a Go-GoLandscape
  6. #6Capstick Comes Home/The Sheffield GrinderTony Capstick and the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
  7. #7IntuitionLinx
  8. #8Four from Toyah (Ep)Toyah
  9. #9It's A Love ThingThe Whispers
  10. #10D-DaysHazel O'Connor

The #1 songs of 1981

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Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1981.

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