Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Test Of Time

14 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 40
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 40 5 4 8/23/85 – 9/20/85
Billboard Hot 100 71 6 4 8/31/85 – 10/5/85
Billboard Mainstream Rock 44 3 0 9/21/85 – 10/5/85

R&R AOR Tracks

5 weeks, 8/23/85 to 9/20/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

6 weeks, 8/31/85 to 10/5/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

3 weeks, 9/21/85 to 10/5/85. 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.