Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them
| Record | Peak | Weeks | Run |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano Man | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 25 | 14 | 2/23/74 – 5/25/74 |
| Worse Comes To Worst | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 80 | 4 | 6/29/74 – 7/20/74 |
| Travelin' Prayer | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 77 | 4 | 8/17/74 – 9/7/74 |
| The Entertainer | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 34 | 10 | 11/30/74 – 2/1/75 |
| Just The Way You Are | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 3 | 27 | 11/12/77 – 5/13/78 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 19 | 12/2/77 – 4/28/78 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 2 | 15 | 12/9/77 – 4/7/78 |
| Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 17 | 14 | 3/18/78 – 6/17/78 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 15 | 8 | 4/14/78 – 6/9/78 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 27 | 6 | 5/5/78 – 6/9/78 |
| Only The Good Die Young | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 24 | 13 | 5/13/78 – 8/5/78 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 22 | 5 | 6/16/78 – 7/14/78 |
| She's Always A Woman | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 17 | 15 | 8/12/78 – 11/18/78 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 13 | 8/18/78 – 11/10/78 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 14 | 8 | 9/22/78 – 11/10/78 |
| My Life | |||
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 2 | 12 | 11/3/78 – 2/2/79 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 3 | 19 | 11/4/78 – 3/10/79 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 2 | 15 | 11/10/78 – 3/9/79 |
| Big Shot | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 14 | 11 | 2/10/79 – 4/21/79 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 12 | 8 | 2/23/79 – 4/13/79 |
| Honesty | |||
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 11 | 9 | 4/20/79 – 6/15/79 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 24 | 11 | 4/21/79 – 6/30/79 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 4 | 12 | 4/27/79 – 7/13/79 |
| You May Be Right | |||
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 2 | 12 | 3/14/80 – 5/30/80 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 7 | 15 | 3/15/80 – 6/21/80 |
| It's Still Rock And Roll To Me | |||
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 1 | 13 | 5/16/80 – 8/8/80 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 1 | 21 | 5/24/80 – 10/11/80 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 13 | 10 | 6/6/80 – 8/8/80 |
| Don't Ask Me Why | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 19 | 15 | 8/2/80 – 11/8/80 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 14 | 8/8/80 – 11/7/80 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 10 | 8 | 8/8/80 – 9/26/80 |
| Sometimes A Fantasy | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 36 | 9 | 10/11/80 – 12/6/80 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 22 | 4 | 10/24/80 – 11/14/80 |
| Say Goodbye To Hollywood | |||
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 14 | 9 | 9/11/81 – 11/6/81 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 17 | 15 | 9/12/81 – 12/19/81 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 11 | 10 | 10/3/81 – 12/5/81 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 29 | 1 | 10/9/81 – 10/9/81 |
| She's Got A Way | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 23 | 14 | 11/21/81 – 2/20/82 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 3 | 13 | 11/27/81 – 3/5/82 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 17 | 7 | 12/11/81 – 2/5/82 |
| Pressure | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 20 | 17 | 9/25/82 – 1/15/83 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 11 | 7 | 10/1/82 – 11/12/82 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 8 | 18 | 10/2/82 – 1/29/83 |
| Scandinavian Skies | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 38 | 2 | 10/9/82 – 10/16/82 |
| A ROOM OF OUR OWN | |||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 27 | 5 | 11/13/82 – 12/11/82 |
| Allentown | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 17 | 22 | 11/27/82 – 4/23/83 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 3 | 12 | 12/10/82 – 3/11/83 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 28 | 15 | 12/18/82 – 3/26/83 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 19 | 7 | 1/21/83 – 3/4/83 |
| Goodnight Saigon | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 56 | 7 | 3/19/83 – 4/30/83 |
| Tell Her About It | |||
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 1 | 13 | 7/22/83 – 10/14/83 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 13 | 7/29/83 – 10/21/83 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 1 | 18 | 7/30/83 – 11/26/83 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 17 | 13 | 8/6/83 – 10/29/83 |
| Uptown Girl | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 3 | 22 | 9/24/83 – 2/18/84 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 13 | 9/30/83 – 1/6/84 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 2 | 13 | 9/30/83 – 1/6/84 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 22 | 8 | 10/1/83 – 11/19/83 |
| An Innocent Man | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 12 | 12/16/83 – 3/16/84 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 10 | 18 | 12/17/83 – 4/14/84 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 7 | 10 | 1/6/84 – 3/9/84 |
| The Longest Time | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 14 | 3/23/84 – 6/22/84 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 14 | 18 | 3/24/84 – 7/21/84 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 11 | 9 | 4/6/84 – 6/1/84 |
| Leave A Tender Moment Alone | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 14 | 7/6/84 – 10/5/84 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 27 | 15 | 7/7/84 – 10/13/84 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 21 | 8 | 7/20/84 – 9/7/84 |
| Keeping The Faith | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 3 | 14 | 1/18/85 – 4/19/85 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 18 | 16 | 1/26/85 – 5/11/85 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 13 | 10 | 2/1/85 – 4/5/85 |
| You're Only Human (Second Wind) | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 21 | 9 | 7/5/85 – 8/30/85 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 2 | 14 | 7/12/85 – 10/11/85 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 9 | 11 | 7/12/85 – 9/20/85 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 9 | 16 | 7/13/85 – 10/26/85 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 26 | 7 | 7/27/85 – 9/7/85 |
| The Night Is Still Young | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 34 | 10 | 10/5/85 – 12/7/85 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 12 | 7 | 10/11/85 – 11/22/85 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 35 | 4 | 10/11/85 – 11/1/85 |
| Modern Woman | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 25 | 8 | 5/30/86 – 7/18/86 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 4 | 10 | 6/6/86 – 8/8/86 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 9 | 9 | 6/6/86 – 8/1/86 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 10 | 15 | 6/7/86 – 9/13/86 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 34 | 5 | 6/14/86 – 7/12/86 |
| A Matter Of Trust | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 11 | 12 | 8/1/86 – 10/17/86 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 10 | 18 | 8/9/86 – 12/6/86 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 14 | 12 | 8/16/86 – 11/1/86 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 16 | 12 | 8/22/86 – 11/7/86 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 16 | 11 | 8/29/86 – 11/7/86 |
| This Is The Time | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 15 | 11/14/86 – 2/27/87 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 18 | 17 | 11/15/86 – 3/7/87 |
| R&R AOR Tracks | 32 | 8 | 11/21/86 – 1/16/87 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 18 | 9 | 11/28/86 – 1/30/87 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 32 | 7 | 12/13/86 – 1/24/87 |
| Baby Grand BILLY JOEL featuring RAY CHARLES |
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| R&R Adult Contemporary | 4 | 12 | 3/13/87 – 5/29/87 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 75 | 7 | 4/4/87 – 5/16/87 |
| Back In The USSR | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 46 | 3 | 10/16/87 – 10/30/87 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 45 | 2 | 10/31/87 – 11/7/87 |
| We Didn't Start The Fire | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 5 | 11 | 10/6/89 – 12/15/89 |
| R&R AOR Tracks | 6 | 8 | 10/6/89 – 11/24/89 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 2 | 14 | 10/13/89 – 1/19/90 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 6 | 8 | 10/14/89 – 12/2/89 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 1 | 19 | 10/14/89 – 2/17/90 |
| That's Not Her Style | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 18 | 10 | 11/24/89 – 2/2/90 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 18 | 10 | 12/2/89 – 2/3/90 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 77 | 6 | 8/4/90 – 9/8/90 |
| I Go To Extremes | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 3 | 12 | 1/12/90 – 3/30/90 |
| R&R AOR Tracks | 10 | 10 | 1/12/90 – 3/16/90 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 7 | 13 | 1/12/90 – 4/6/90 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 6 | 16 | 1/13/90 – 4/28/90 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 10 | 10 | 1/20/90 – 3/24/90 |
| The Downeaster "Alexa" | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 36 | 8 | 4/6/90 – 5/25/90 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 33 | 8 | 4/14/90 – 6/2/90 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 13 | 8 | 4/27/90 – 6/15/90 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 57 | 8 | 5/5/90 – 6/23/90 |
| And So It Goes | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 15 | 7/13/90 – 10/19/90 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 37 | 12 | 10/20/90 – 1/5/91 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 30 | 4 | 11/9/90 – 11/30/90 |
| All Shook Up | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 12 | 9 | 7/31/92 – 9/25/92 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 92 | 3 | 8/22/92 – 9/5/92 |
| The River Of Dreams | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 21 | 7/23/93 – 12/10/93 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 3 | 16 | 7/30/93 – 11/12/93 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 3 | 27 | 7/31/93 – 1/29/94 |
| No Man's Land | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 12 | 10 | 7/23/93 – 9/24/93 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 18 | 6 | 8/7/93 – 9/11/93 |
| All About Soul | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 4 | 16 | 10/22/93 – 2/18/94 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 13 | 10 | 10/29/93 – 1/14/94 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 29 | 20 | 11/6/93 – 3/19/94 |
| Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 5 | 14 | 2/11/94 – 5/13/94 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 77 | 8 | 3/26/94 – 5/14/94 |
| R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC | 16 | 4 | 4/22/94 – 5/13/94 |
| To Make You Feel My Love | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 10 | 9 | 7/25/97 – 9/19/97 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 50 | 9 | 8/16/97 – 10/11/97 |
| Hey Girl | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 10 | 16 | 10/31/97 – 2/27/98 |
| Turn The Lights Back On | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 62 | 1 | 2/17/24 – 2/17/24 |