Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

I Love Rock 'N Roll

59 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Mainstream Rock 1 26 0 12/12/81 – 6/5/82
Billboard Hot 100 1 20 13 2/6/82 – 6/19/82
R&R CHR / Top 40 4 13 7 2/12/82 – 5/7/82

Billboard Mainstream Rock

26 weeks, 12/12/81 to 6/5/82. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 2/6/82 to 6/19/82. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 2/12/82 to 5/7/82. 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.