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R.E.M.

85 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 1

Chart	Peak	Weeks	Bulleted	Run
R&R AOR Tracks	2	18	10	11/25/88 – 3/31/89
Billboard Mainstream Rock	1	19	11	12/3/88 – 4/8/89
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative	1	17	0	12/10/88 – 4/1/89
Billboard Hot 100	6	19	13	1/21/89 – 5/27/89
R&R CHR / Top 40	6	12	8	2/10/89 – 4/28/89

R&R AOR Tracks

18 weeks, 11/25/88 to 3/31/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

5811/25/88 5512/2/88 3912/9/88 3612/16/88 3012/23/88 181/6/89 81/13/89 51/20/89 31/27/89 22/3/89 32/10/89 72/17/89 112/24/89 243/3/89 293/10/89 363/17/89 423/24/89 543/31/89

Billboard Mainstream Rock

19 weeks, 12/3/88 to 4/8/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

4812/3/88 4512/10/88 3312/17/88 2812/24/88 2812/31/88 271/7/89 191/14/89 41/21/89 31/28/89 22/4/89 12/11/89 32/18/89 62/25/89 113/4/89 173/11/89 283/18/89 383/25/89 474/1/89 494/8/89

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

17 weeks, 12/10/88 to 4/1/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

1812/10/88 2412/17/88 612/24/88 612/31/88 81/7/89 81/14/89 91/21/89 11/28/89 12/4/89 22/11/89 22/18/89 62/25/89 73/4/89 93/11/89 173/18/89 193/25/89 264/1/89

Billboard Hot 100

19 weeks, 1/21/89 to 5/27/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

971/21/89 711/28/89 572/4/89 482/11/89 432/18/89 322/25/89 283/4/89 223/11/89 193/18/89 143/25/89 84/1/89 64/8/89 64/15/89 64/22/89 214/29/89 355/6/89 535/13/89 745/20/89 885/27/89

R&R CHR / Top 40

12 weeks, 2/10/89 to 4/28/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

382/10/89 312/17/89 242/24/89 193/3/89 153/10/89 113/17/89 83/24/89 63/31/89 64/7/89 144/14/89 304/21/89 374/28/89

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.