Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Piano In The Dark

70 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 2
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 6 25 15 2/20/88 – 8/6/88
Billboard R&B Singles 8 19 11 3/5/88 – 7/9/88
R&R Adult Contemporary 2 13 8 3/18/88 – 6/10/88
R&R CHR / Top 40 10 13 10 3/18/88 – 6/10/88

Billboard Hot 100

25 weeks, 2/20/88 to 8/6/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

19 weeks, 3/5/88 to 7/9/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

13 weeks, 3/18/88 to 6/10/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 3/18/88 to 6/10/88. 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.