Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

What You Need

66 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 2
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 2 17 9 12/20/85 – 4/18/86
Billboard Hot 100 5 20 13 1/18/86 – 5/31/86
Billboard Mainstream Rock 3 15 0 1/25/86 – 5/3/86
R&R CHR / Top 40 3 14 9 2/7/86 – 5/9/86

R&R AOR Tracks

17 weeks, 12/20/85 to 4/18/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 1/18/86 to 5/31/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

15 weeks, 1/25/86 to 5/3/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

14 weeks, 2/7/86 to 5/9/86. 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.