← Weekly charts · All songs · All artists

Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

So Alive

LOVE AND ROCKETS
80 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 9 16 10 5/5/89 – 8/18/89
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 1 16 0 5/6/89 – 8/19/89
Billboard Mainstream Rock 9 16 8 5/13/89 – 8/26/89
Billboard Hot 100 3 20 11 5/20/89 – 9/30/89
R&R CHR / Top 40 5 12 8 6/2/89 – 8/18/89

R&R AOR Tracks

16 weeks, 5/5/89 to 8/18/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

525/5/89 385/12/89 325/19/89 225/26/89 166/2/89 136/9/89 116/16/89 116/23/89 96/30/89 97/7/89 97/14/89 157/21/89 257/28/89 358/4/89 408/11/89 508/18/89

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

16 weeks, 5/6/89 to 8/19/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

205/6/89 45/13/89 25/20/89 25/27/89 26/3/89 26/10/89 26/17/89 16/24/89 17/1/89 17/8/89 17/15/89 17/22/89 27/29/89 78/5/89 88/12/89 298/19/89

Billboard Mainstream Rock

16 weeks, 5/13/89 to 8/26/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

425/13/89 365/20/89 315/27/89 236/3/89 176/10/89 166/17/89 136/24/89 127/1/89 97/8/89 97/15/89 107/22/89 177/29/89 228/5/89 308/12/89 328/19/89 498/26/89

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 5/20/89 to 9/30/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

945/20/89 685/27/89 556/3/89 436/10/89 356/17/89 266/24/89 197/1/89 157/8/89 107/15/89 57/22/89 47/29/89 38/5/89 48/12/89 108/19/89 218/26/89 269/2/89 439/9/89 529/16/89 739/23/89 839/30/89

R&R CHR / Top 40

12 weeks, 6/2/89 to 8/18/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

406/2/89 326/9/89 176/16/89 136/23/89 76/30/89 57/7/89 57/14/89 57/21/89 57/28/89 108/4/89 178/11/89 278/18/89

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.