Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them
| Record | Peak | Weeks | Run |
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| I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | |||
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 1 | 14 | 8/6/82 – 11/5/82 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 4 | 19 | 8/7/82 – 12/11/82 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 4 | 13 | 8/13/82 – 11/5/82 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 7 | 16 | 8/21/82 – 12/11/82 |
| I Gotta Try | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 44 | 11 | 11/13/82 – 1/22/83 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 19 | 8 | 12/3/82 – 2/4/83 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 17 | 5 | 12/10/82 – 1/21/83 |
| Yah Mo B There JAMES INGRAM with MICHAEL McDONALD |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 19 | 18 | 12/10/83 – 4/7/84 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 5 | 19 | 12/17/83 – 4/21/84 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 7 | 11 | 1/13/84 – 3/23/84 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 14 | 9 | 1/13/84 – 3/9/84 |
| No Lookin' Back | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 5 | 11 | 7/19/85 – 9/27/85 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 34 | 12 | 7/27/85 – 10/12/85 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 4 | 11 | 8/3/85 – 10/12/85 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 15 | 9 | 8/9/85 – 10/4/85 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 29 | 6 | 8/9/85 – 9/13/85 |
| Bad Times | |||
| R&R AOR Tracks | 27 | 9 | 8/23/85 – 10/18/85 |
| Billboard Mainstream Rock | 38 | 6 | 9/21/85 – 10/26/85 |
| On My Own PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 1 | 23 | 3/22/86 – 8/23/86 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 21 | 3/29/86 – 8/16/86 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 1 | 16 | 4/4/86 – 7/18/86 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 1 | 14 | 4/11/86 – 7/11/86 |
| Sweet Freedom | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 7 | 20 | 6/14/86 – 10/25/86 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 2 | 13 | 6/27/86 – 9/19/86 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 17 | 13 | 6/28/86 – 9/20/86 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 7 | 13 | 7/4/86 – 9/26/86 |
| Take It To Heart | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 3 | 15 | 5/11/90 – 8/17/90 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 98 | 2 | 6/9/90 – 6/16/90 |
| Tear It Up | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 16 | 7 | 10/5/90 – 11/16/90 |
| All We Got | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 88 | 4 | 4/6/91 – 4/27/91 |
| Pretzel Logic DONALD FAGEN w/MICHAEL McDONALD |
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| R&R AOR Tracks | 17 | 10 | 10/25/91 – 1/10/92 |
| Ever Changing Times ARETHA FRANKLIN & MICHAEL McDONALD |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 19 | 15 | 1/25/92 – 5/2/92 |
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 7 | 14 | 2/7/92 – 5/8/92 |
| I Stand For You | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 9 | 12 | 7/30/93 – 10/15/93 |
| Hey Girl | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 19 | 9 | 12/17/93 – 2/25/94 |
| Matters Of The Heart MICHAEL McDONALD & VINCE GILL |
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| R&R Adult Contemporary | 26 | 5 | 4/29/94 – 6/10/94 |
| I Heard It Through The Grapevine | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 17 | 13 | 6/13/03 – 9/5/03 |
| Ain't No Mountain High Enough | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 4 | 50 | 10/31/03 – 10/22/04 |
| Reach Out, I'll Be There | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 14 | 20 | 10/8/04 – 3/4/05 |
| You Belong To Me CHAKA KHAN featuring MICHAEL McDONALD |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 63 | 7 | 11/24/07 – 5/10/08 |
| (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 9 | 21 | 1/18/08 – 6/6/08 |
| Love T.K.O. | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 92 | 1 | 3/22/08 – 3/22/08 |
| Enemy Within | |||
| R&R Adult Contemporary | 18 | 14 | 8/1/08 – 10/31/08 |