Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Shock To The System

21 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 6
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 6 8 5 6/4/93 – 7/23/93
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 23 5 3 6/19/93 – 7/17/93
Billboard Mainstream Rock 7 8 4 6/19/93 – 8/7/93

R&R AOR Tracks

8 weeks, 6/4/93 to 7/23/93. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

5 weeks, 6/19/93 to 7/17/93. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

8 weeks, 6/19/93 to 8/7/93. 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.