Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

My Heart Can't Tell You No

62 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Contemporary 1 14 9 12/9/88 – 3/17/89
Billboard Hot 100 4 25 16 12/10/88 – 5/27/89
R&R AOR Tracks 43 8 5 1/6/89 – 2/24/89
R&R CHR / Top 40 3 14 10 1/13/89 – 4/14/89
Billboard Mainstream Rock 50 1 1 2/11/89 – 2/11/89

R&R Adult Contemporary

14 weeks, 12/9/88 to 3/17/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

25 weeks, 12/10/88 to 5/27/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R AOR Tracks

8 weeks, 1/6/89 to 2/24/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

14 weeks, 1/13/89 to 4/14/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

1 week, 2/11/89 to 2/11/89. 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.