Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Talkin' Bout A Revolution

35 chart weeks across 6 charts, peaking at No. 22
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 22 13 8 7/15/88 – 10/7/88
Billboard Mainstream Rock 22 10 5 7/30/88 – 10/1/88
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 24 1 0 9/10/88 – 9/10/88
Billboard R&B Singles 78 5 2 9/10/88 – 10/8/88
Billboard Hot 100 75 4 2 10/1/88 – 10/22/88
R&R Adult Contemporary 29 2 2 10/7/88 – 10/14/88

R&R AOR Tracks

13 weeks, 7/15/88 to 10/7/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

10 weeks, 7/30/88 to 10/1/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

1 week, 9/10/88 to 9/10/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

5 weeks, 9/10/88 to 10/8/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

4 weeks, 10/1/88 to 10/22/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

2 weeks, 10/7/88 to 10/14/88. 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.