Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Really Wanna Know You

47 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 11
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 16 17 10 7/4/81 – 10/24/81
R&R CHR / Top 40 11 11 7 7/17/81 – 9/25/81
Billboard Mainstream Rock 17 17 0 7/18/81 – 11/7/81
R&R Adult Contemporary 28 2 1 9/11/81 – 9/18/81

Billboard Hot 100

17 weeks, 7/4/81 to 10/24/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

11 weeks, 7/17/81 to 9/25/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

17 weeks, 7/18/81 to 11/7/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

2 weeks, 9/11/81 to 9/18/81. 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.