Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

16 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 21
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 21 8 6 4/9/93 – 5/28/93
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 24 3 1 5/1/93 – 5/15/93
Billboard Mainstream Rock 28 5 3 5/8/93 – 6/5/93

R&R AOR Tracks

8 weeks, 4/9/93 to 5/28/93. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

3 weeks, 5/1/93 to 5/15/93. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

5 weeks, 5/8/93 to 6/5/93. 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.