Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

I've Been Waiting For You All Of My Life

16 chart weeks across 2 charts, peaking at No. 23
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 48 9 5 4/18/81 – 6/13/81
R&R Adult Contemporary 23 7 5 5/15/81 – 6/26/81

Billboard Hot 100

9 weeks, 4/18/81 to 6/13/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

7 weeks, 5/15/81 to 6/26/81. 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.