Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Bad Times

15 chart weeks across 2 charts, peaking at No. 27
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 27 9 6 8/23/85 – 10/18/85
Billboard Mainstream Rock 38 6 0 9/21/85 – 10/26/85

R&R AOR Tracks

9 weeks, 8/23/85 to 10/18/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

6 weeks, 9/21/85 to 10/26/85. 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.