Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

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61 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 7
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard R&B Singles 7 21 10 4/29/78 – 9/16/78
Billboard Hot 100 9 19 13 6/17/78 – 10/21/78
R&R CHR / Top 40 10 13 7 7/28/78 – 10/20/78
R&R Adult Contemporary 26 8 0 8/18/78 – 10/6/78

Billboard R&B Singles

21 weeks, 4/29/78 to 9/16/78. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

19 weeks, 6/17/78 to 10/21/78. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 7/28/78 to 10/20/78. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

8 weeks, 8/18/78 to 10/6/78. 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.