Songs · UK Singles Chart
Absolute Beginners
Entered Oct 18, 1981 · peaked at #4 on Oct 25, 1981 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 22, 1981
- Record Power
- 12.5
- 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
- 6
- October 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jam | primary | 100% | 12.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 25, 1981 on the timeline →- #1It's My PartyDave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
- #2Happy BirthdayAltered Images
- #3O SupermanLaurie Anderson
- #4Absolute BeginnersThe Jam
- #5The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance)Tweets
- #6Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicThe Police
- #7Thunder in the MountainsToyah
- #8A Good Year for the RosesElvis Costello
- #9Labelled with LoveSqueeze
- #10It's RainingShakin' Stevens
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