Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

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66 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 3
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard R&B Singles 5 20 12 9/26/81 – 2/6/82
Billboard Hot 100 4 20 12 9/26/81 – 2/6/82
R&R Adult Contemporary 3 14 7 10/2/81 – 1/15/82
R&R CHR / Top 40 3 12 9 10/2/81 – 12/18/81

Billboard R&B Singles

20 weeks, 9/26/81 to 2/6/82. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 9/26/81 to 2/6/82. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

14 weeks, 10/2/81 to 1/15/82. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

12 weeks, 10/2/81 to 12/18/81. 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.