Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

48 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 3
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 8 15 3 3/18/89 – 8/7/93
Billboard Hot 100 3 20 10 6/12/93 – 10/23/93
R&R CHR / Top 40 3 13 8 6/18/93 – 9/10/93

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

15 weeks, 3/18/89 to 8/7/93. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 6/12/93 to 10/23/93. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 6/18/93 to 9/10/93. 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.