Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Bad Luck

26 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 2
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 2 12 5 2/1/92 – 4/18/92
R&R AOR Tracks 22 9 7 3/6/92 – 5/1/92
Billboard Mainstream Rock 44 5 2 4/11/92 – 5/9/92

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

12 weeks, 2/1/92 to 4/18/92. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R AOR Tracks

9 weeks, 3/6/92 to 5/1/92. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

5 weeks, 4/11/92 to 5/9/92. 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.