Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

(Forever) Live And Die

31 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 18
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 19 17 10 9/27/86 – 1/17/87
R&R CHR / Top 40 19 8 6 10/17/86 – 12/5/86
R&R Adult Contemporary 18 6 5 11/7/86 – 12/12/86

Billboard Hot 100

17 weeks, 9/27/86 to 1/17/87. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

8 weeks, 10/17/86 to 12/5/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

6 weeks, 11/7/86 to 12/12/86. 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.