Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Broken Wings

86 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 3 19 12 7/26/85 – 11/29/85
Billboard Mainstream Rock 4 17 0 8/24/85 – 12/14/85
Billboard Hot 100 1 22 13 9/21/85 – 2/15/86
R&R CHR / Top 40 1 15 10 10/4/85 – 1/17/86
R&R Adult Contemporary 3 13 8 10/25/85 – 1/24/86

R&R AOR Tracks

19 weeks, 7/26/85 to 11/29/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

17 weeks, 8/24/85 to 12/14/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

22 weeks, 9/21/85 to 2/15/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

15 weeks, 10/4/85 to 1/17/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

13 weeks, 10/25/85 to 1/24/86. 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.