Songs · UK Singles Chart
- Record Power
- 3.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #37
- 1 week there · Apr 5, 1981
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 5
- March 1981 – April 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 it 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dire Straits | primary | 100% | 3.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 5, 1981 on the timeline →- #1This Ole HouseShakin' Stevens
- #2Making Your Mind UpBucks Fizz
- #3LatelyStevie Wonder
- #4Kids In AmericaKim Wilde
- #5Einstein a Go-GoLandscape
- #6Capstick Comes Home/The Sheffield GrinderTony Capstick and the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
- #7IntuitionLinx
- #8Four from Toyah (Ep)Toyah
- #9It's A Love ThingThe Whispers
- #10D-DaysHazel O'Connor
The #1 songs of 1981
1981 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1981.
- Imagine · John Lennon
- Woman · John Lennon
- Shaddup You Face · Joe Dolce Music Theatre
- Jealous Guy · Roxy Music
- This Ole House · Shakin' Stevens
- Making Your Mind Up · Bucks Fizz
- Stand and Deliver · Adam & the Ants
- Being With You · Smokey Robinson
- One Day In Your Life · Michael Jackson
- Ghost Town · Specials
- Green Door · Shakin' Stevens
- Japanese Boy · Aneka
- Tainted Love · Soft Cell
- Prince Charming · Adam & the Ants
- It's My Party · Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic · The Police
- Under Pressure · Queen & David Bowie
- Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar) · Julio Iglesias
- Don't You Want Me · The Human League
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