Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Velcro Fly

45 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 15
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 16 14 10 1/24/86 – 9/5/86
Billboard Mainstream Rock 15 12 2 7/5/86 – 9/20/86
Billboard Hot 100 35 12 6 7/26/86 – 10/11/86
R&R CHR / Top 40 26 7 6 8/1/86 – 9/12/86

R&R AOR Tracks

14 weeks, 1/24/86 to 9/5/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

12 weeks, 7/5/86 to 9/20/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

12 weeks, 7/26/86 to 10/11/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

7 weeks, 8/1/86 to 9/12/86. 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.