Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Ghost Town

36 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 28
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 28 10 8 10/28/88 – 1/6/89
Billboard Hot 100 33 14 9 11/5/88 – 2/4/89
Billboard Mainstream Rock 32 7 5 11/26/88 – 1/7/89
R&R CHR / Top 40 30 5 3 12/2/88 – 1/6/89

R&R AOR Tracks

10 weeks, 10/28/88 to 1/6/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

14 weeks, 11/5/88 to 2/4/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

7 weeks, 11/26/88 to 1/7/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

5 weeks, 12/2/88 to 1/6/89. 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.