Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Story of the Blues

Wah!

Entered Dec 19, 1982 · peaked at #3 on Jan 16, 1983 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 6, 1983

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Record Power
21.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
December 1982 – March 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
Wah!primary100%21.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 16, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1You Can't Hurry LovePhil Collins
  2. #2Down UnderMen At Work
  3. #3The Story of the BluesWah!
  4. #4Electric AvenueEddy Grant
  5. #5Orville's SongKeith Harris & Orville
  6. #6A Winter's TaleDavid Essex
  7. #7Heartache AvenueMaisonettes
  8. #8Steppin' OutJoe Jackson
  9. #9European FemaleThe Stranglers
  10. #10Our HouseMadness

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