Songs · UK Singles Chart

A Mess of Blues

The Status Quo

Entered Oct 30, 1983 · peaked at #15 on Nov 6, 1983 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 4, 1983

Record Power
8.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
6
October 1983 – December 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
The Status Quoprimary100%8.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 6, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1Uptown GirlBilly Joel
  2. #2All Night Long (All Night)Lionel Richie
  3. #3Say Say SayPaul McCartney & Michael Jackson
  4. #4Cry Just a Little BitShakin' Stevens
  5. #5Puss 'N BootsAdam Ant
  6. #6Union Of The SnakeDuran Duran
  7. #7The Safety DanceMen Without Hats
  8. #8Karma ChameleonCulture Club
  9. #9The Sun And The RainMadness
  10. #10The Love CatsThe Cure