Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Big Time

66 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 3
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 3 15 9 11/14/86 – 2/27/87
Billboard Mainstream Rock 3 15 8 11/29/86 – 3/7/87
Billboard Hot 100 8 23 15 11/29/86 – 5/2/87
R&R CHR / Top 40 3 13 9 1/2/87 – 3/27/87

R&R AOR Tracks

15 weeks, 11/14/86 to 2/27/87. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

15 weeks, 11/29/86 to 3/7/87. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

23 weeks, 11/29/86 to 5/2/87. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 1/2/87 to 3/27/87. 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.