Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Rock 'N Roll Dreams Come Through

32 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 14
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Mainstream Rock 14 12 0 5/30/81 – 8/15/81
Billboard Hot 100 32 16 10 5/30/81 – 9/12/81
R&R CHR / Top 40 23 4 3 7/10/81 – 7/31/81

Billboard Mainstream Rock

12 weeks, 5/30/81 to 8/15/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

16 weeks, 5/30/81 to 9/12/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

4 weeks, 7/10/81 to 7/31/81. 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.