Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Terrifying

36 chart weeks across 2 charts, peaking at No. 7
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 7 21 14 9/1/89 – 1/26/90
Billboard Mainstream Rock 8 15 9 9/23/89 – 2/3/90

R&R AOR Tracks

21 weeks, 9/1/89 to 1/26/90. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

15 weeks, 9/23/89 to 2/3/90. 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.