Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

The Voice

63 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Mainstream Rock 1 27 0 6/6/81 – 12/5/81
R&R CHR / Top 40 6 11 8 8/7/81 – 10/16/81
Billboard Hot 100 15 17 9 8/8/81 – 11/28/81
R&R Adult Contemporary 14 8 5 8/28/81 – 10/16/81

Billboard Mainstream Rock

27 weeks, 6/6/81 to 12/5/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

11 weeks, 8/7/81 to 10/16/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

17 weeks, 8/8/81 to 11/28/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

8 weeks, 8/28/81 to 10/16/81. 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.