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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

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DIRE STRAITS
106 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 4
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 6 30 14 5/17/85 – 1/10/86
Billboard Mainstream Rock 6 28 0 6/1/85 – 1/25/86
Billboard Hot 100 7 21 13 11/2/85 – 3/22/86
R&R CHR / Top 40 6 13 9 11/8/85 – 2/7/86
R&R Adult Contemporary 4 14 8 11/15/85 – 2/21/86

R&R AOR Tracks

30 weeks, 5/17/85 to 1/10/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

545/17/85 445/24/85 345/31/85 276/7/85 266/14/85 326/21/85 366/28/85 397/5/85 477/12/85 497/19/85 577/26/85 578/2/85 558/9/85 598/16/85 589/20/85 529/27/85 3710/4/85 3210/11/85 1710/18/85 1110/25/85 611/1/85 611/8/85 911/15/85 1311/22/85 1811/29/85 2512/6/85 3112/13/85 4412/20/85 451/3/86 501/10/86

Billboard Mainstream Rock

28 weeks, 6/1/85 to 1/25/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

436/1/85 396/8/85 396/15/85 296/22/85 256/29/85 317/6/85 317/13/85 357/20/85 457/27/85 458/3/85 458/10/85 458/17/85 488/24/85 4110/19/85 2710/26/85 1311/2/85 1111/9/85 611/16/85 611/23/85 1311/30/85 1512/7/85 1512/14/85 2712/21/85 3112/28/85 311/4/86 411/11/86 451/18/86 451/25/86

Billboard Hot 100

21 weeks, 11/2/85 to 3/22/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

6111/2/85 4511/9/85 4011/16/85 3311/23/85 2811/30/85 1912/7/85 1812/14/85 1412/21/85 1312/28/85 131/4/86 101/11/86 91/18/86 71/25/86 92/1/86 172/8/86 252/15/86 372/22/86 473/1/86 673/8/86 723/15/86 973/22/86

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 11/8/85 to 2/7/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

3511/8/85 2811/15/85 2311/22/85 1811/29/85 1312/6/85 1112/13/85 712/20/85 71/3/86 61/10/86 61/17/86 171/24/86 221/31/86 332/7/86

R&R Adult Contemporary

14 weeks, 11/15/85 to 2/21/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

2611/15/85 1911/22/85 1311/29/85 812/6/85 712/13/85 612/20/85 51/3/86 41/10/86 41/17/86 71/24/86 121/31/86 182/7/86 212/14/86 262/21/86

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.