Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Chains Of Love

34 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 10
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 12 20 13 7/30/88 – 12/10/88
R&R CHR / Top 40 10 12 8 8/26/88 – 11/11/88
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 22 2 0 9/10/88 – 9/17/88

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 7/30/88 to 12/10/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

12 weeks, 8/26/88 to 11/11/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

2 weeks, 9/10/88 to 9/17/88. 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.