Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Harlem Shuffle

42 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 1 9 4 3/7/86 – 5/2/86
R&R CHR / Top 40 6 10 6 3/14/86 – 5/16/86
Billboard Mainstream Rock 2 10 0 3/15/86 – 5/17/86
Billboard Hot 100 5 13 7 3/15/86 – 6/7/86

R&R AOR Tracks

9 weeks, 3/7/86 to 5/2/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

10 weeks, 3/14/86 to 5/16/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

10 weeks, 3/15/86 to 5/17/86. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

13 weeks, 3/15/86 to 6/7/86. 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.