Song artist 711 - The Specials

This page lists the song chart entries of The Specials.A list of the hit albums by The Specials can be found here. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	The Specials	Ghost Town	1981	UK 1 - Jun 1981 (14 weeks), Peel list 2 of 1981, RYM 2 of 1981, Scrobulate 2 of ska, France 3 - Aug 1981 (2 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jul 1981), Norway 7 - Sep 1981 (8 weeks), Holland 8 - Aug 1981 (8 weeks), Belgium 12 - Aug 1981 (5 weeks), KROQ 41 of 1981, 54 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 115 (1981), UKMIX 753
2	The Specials	A Message to You Rudy	1979	Scrobulate 1 of ska, Austria 7 - Mar 1980 (2 weeks), UK 10 - Oct 1979 (14 weeks), Belgium 16 - Feb 1980 (2 weeks), Holland 22 - Jan 1980 (5 weeks), RYM 23 of 1979, Acclaimed 1601 (1979), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jan 1980)
3	The Specials	Gangsters	1979	Belgium 4 - Oct 1979 (7 weeks), UK 6 - Jul 1979 (12 weeks), Scrobulate 7 of ska, RYM 9 of 1979, Holland 13 - Sep 1979 (6 weeks), Acclaimed 542 (1979), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Sep 1979)
4	The Specials	Too Much Too Young	1980	UK 1 - Jan 1980 (10 weeks), Belgium 8 - Mar 1980 (7 weeks), Holland 13 - Feb 1980 (6 weeks), Scrobulate 28 of ska, Acclaimed 1779 (1979), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jan 1980)
5	The Specials	Nelson Mandela	1984	New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks - Jul 1984, UK 9 - Mar 1984 (12 weeks), Belgium 9 - May 1984 (3 weeks), RYM 132 of 1984
6	The Specials	Do Nothing	1980	UK 4 - Dec 1980 (11 weeks), RYM 84 of 1980, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jan 1981)
7	The Specials	Free Nelson Mandela	1984	Holland 6 - Apr 1984 (9 weeks), Acclaimed 582 (1984)
8	The Specials	Nite Klub	1979	RYM 23 of 1979, Scrobulate 34 of ska
9	The Specials	Hypocrite	1996	Japan (Tokyo) 34 - Mar 1996 (4 weeks), UK 66 - Feb 1996 (1 week)
10	The Specials	Rat Race	1980	Scrobulate 53 of ska, RYM 62 of 1980
11	The Specials	Why?	1981	RYM 2 of 1981
12	The Specials	Friday Night, Saturday Morning	1981	RYM 2 of 1981
13	The Specials	Maggie's Farm	1980	UK 4 - Dec 1980 (11 weeks)
14	The Specials	Rat Race/Rude Boys Outa Jail	1980	UK 5 - May 1980 (9 weeks)
15	The Specials	Stereotype/International Jet Set	1980	UK 6 - Sep 1980 (8 weeks)
16	The Specials	Little Bitch	unknown	Scrobulate 13 of ska
17	The Specials	Regreza Maria	1975	Belgium 25 - Sep 1975 (3 weeks)
18	The Specials	Monkey Man	unknown	Scrobulate 42 of ska
19	The Specials	What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend	1984	UK 51 - Sep 1984 (5 weeks)
20	The Specials	Racist Friend/Bright Lights	1983	UK 60 - Sep 1983 (3 weeks)
21	The Specials	Rude Boys Outa Jail	1980	RYM 62 of 1980
22	The Specials	(Dawning of A) New Era	unknown	Scrobulate 69 of ska
23	The Specials	Blank Expression	unknown	Scrobulate 70 of ska
24	The Specials	War Crimes (The Crime Remains The Same)	1983	UK 84 - Jan 1983 (2 weeks)
25	The Specials	Stereotype	1980	RYM 104 of 1980
26	The Specials	International Jet Set	1980	RYM 104 of 1980
27	The Specials	Break Down the Door!	1984	RYM 132 of 1984

In addition to the above listed songs The Specials also contributed to the following entries:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	The Specials & Madness & The Selector & The Beat	The 2 Tone EP	1993	UK 30 - Oct 1993 (3 weeks)