Songs · UK Singles Chart
A Good Year for the Roses
Entered Sep 27, 1981 · peaked at #6 on Nov 1, 1981 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 6, 1981
- Record Power
- 19.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 11
- September 1981 – December 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Costello | primary | 100% | 19.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 1, 1981 on the timeline →- #1It's My PartyDave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
- #2Happy BirthdayAltered Images
- #3Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicThe Police
- #4Labelled with LoveSqueeze
- #5When She Was My GirlFour Tops
- #6A Good Year for the RosesElvis Costello
- #7Joan of ArcOrchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
- #8Absolute BeginnersThe Jam
- #9The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance)Tweets
- #10Open Your HeartThe Human League