Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Danger Zone

57 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 2
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 6 12 8 5/9/86 – 7/25/86
Billboard Hot 100 2 21 12 5/10/86 – 9/27/86
R&R CHR / Top 40 3 13 8 5/23/86 – 8/15/86
Billboard Mainstream Rock 7 11 0 5/24/86 – 8/2/86

R&R AOR Tracks

12 weeks, 5/9/86 to 7/25/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

21 weeks, 5/10/86 to 9/27/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 5/23/86 to 8/15/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

11 weeks, 5/24/86 to 8/2/86. 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.