Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

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26 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 17
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 42 14 8 11/20/76 – 2/19/77
Billboard R&B Singles 68 9 1 12/11/76 – 2/5/77
R&R Adult Contemporary 17 3 0 1/7/77 – 1/21/77

Billboard Hot 100

14 weeks, 11/20/76 to 2/19/77. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

9 weeks, 12/11/76 to 2/5/77. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

3 weeks, 1/7/77 to 1/21/77. 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.