Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)

41 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 3
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 3 25 14 7/16/88 – 12/31/88
R&R CHR / Top 40 4 13 9 8/19/88 – 11/11/88
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 10 3 0 9/10/88 – 9/24/88

Billboard Hot 100

25 weeks, 7/16/88 to 12/31/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 8/19/88 to 11/11/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

3 weeks, 9/10/88 to 9/24/88. 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.