Songs · UK Singles Chart

I Fought the Law {1988}

The Clash

Entered Mar 6, 1988 · peaked at #29 on Mar 20, 1988 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 17, 1988

Record Power
4.8
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
March 1988 – April 1988

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 Clashprimary100%4.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 20, 1988 on the timeline →
  1. #1Don't Turn AroundAswad
  2. #2Drop the BoyBros
  3. #3I Should Be So LuckyKylie Minogue
  4. #4Can I Play with MadnessIron Maiden
  5. #5Could've BeenTiffany
  6. #6Joe le TaxiVanessa Paradis
  7. #7CrashThe Primitives
  8. #8Never/These DreamsHeart
  9. #9Ship of FoolsErasure
  10. #10I Get WeakBelinda Carlisle