Songs · UK Singles Chart

Shut Up

Madness

Entered Sep 20, 1981 · peaked at #7 on Oct 4, 1981 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 15, 1981

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Record Power
16.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
2
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
9
September 1981 – November 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 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
Madnessprimary100%16.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 4, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1Prince CharmingAdam & the Ants
  2. #2The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance)Tweets
  3. #3Invisible SunThe Police
  4. #4Under Your ThumbGodley and Creme
  5. #5Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)Ottawan
  6. #6PretendAlvin Stardust
  7. #7Shut UpMadness
  8. #8It's My PartyDave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
  9. #9Endless LoveDiana Ross & Lionel Richie
  10. #10SouvenirOrchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

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