Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

3 Strange Days

52 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 6
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 6 8 3 4/6/91 – 5/25/91
R&R AOR Tracks 13 23 17 5/17/91 – 10/18/91
Billboard Mainstream Rock 12 21 11 6/8/91 – 10/26/91

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

8 weeks, 4/6/91 to 5/25/91. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R AOR Tracks

23 weeks, 5/17/91 to 10/18/91. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

21 weeks, 6/8/91 to 10/26/91. 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.