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Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Rock And A Hard Place

57 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 1

Chart	Peak	Weeks	Bulleted	Run
R&R AOR Tracks	1	17	9	9/1/89 – 12/22/89
Billboard Mainstream Rock	1	19	7	9/9/89 – 1/13/90
Billboard Hot 100	23	14	9	11/4/89 – 2/3/90
R&R CHR / Top 40	22	7	5	11/17/89 – 1/5/90

R&R AOR Tracks

17 weeks, 9/1/89 to 12/22/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

319/1/89 189/8/89 119/15/89 109/22/89 89/29/89 410/6/89 110/13/89 110/20/89 110/27/89 111/3/89 311/10/89 811/17/89 1011/24/89 1712/1/89 2712/8/89 4012/15/89 5212/22/89

Billboard Mainstream Rock

19 weeks, 9/9/89 to 1/13/90. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

219/9/89 139/16/89 99/23/89 99/30/89 710/7/89 210/14/89 110/21/89 110/28/89 111/4/89 111/11/89 111/18/89 811/25/89 1012/2/89 1512/9/89 2812/16/89 3912/23/89 3912/30/89 461/6/90 471/13/90

Billboard Hot 100

14 weeks, 11/4/89 to 2/3/90. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

7911/4/89 5811/11/89 4811/18/89 3911/25/89 3412/2/89 3112/9/89 2612/16/89 2312/23/89 2312/30/89 231/6/90 271/13/90 601/20/90 811/27/90 992/3/90

R&R CHR / Top 40

7 weeks, 11/17/89 to 1/5/90. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

3311/17/89 3011/24/89 2712/1/89 2412/8/89 2212/15/89 2812/22/89 361/5/90

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.