Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Lady (You Bring Me Up)

63 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 3
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 8 22 13 6/20/81 – 11/14/81
Billboard R&B Singles 5 18 11 6/27/81 – 10/24/81
R&R CHR / Top 40 3 13 9 7/3/81 – 9/25/81
R&R Adult Contemporary 13 10 7 7/24/81 – 9/25/81

Billboard Hot 100

22 weeks, 6/20/81 to 11/14/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

18 weeks, 6/27/81 to 10/24/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 7/3/81 to 9/25/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

10 weeks, 7/24/81 to 9/25/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Tallest is No. 1, and the height is scaled by how many places the chart ran to that week, so No. 30 on a top-30 is the floor and No. 30 on a top-50 is the middle. A green column is a bulleted week — on the airplay charts, airplay gained; on the Hot 100, among the week’s greatest airplay and sales gains — which is not the same as a rise, so a green column can sit lower than the one before it. Weeks at the peak carry their position in red. A run longer than the page scrolls sideways; no week is left out of the drawing.