Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Sunshine

31 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 23
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 23 15 9 9/9/89 – 12/16/89
Billboard R&B Singles 47 10 4 9/16/89 – 11/18/89
R&R CHR / Top 40 24 6 4 9/29/89 – 11/10/89

Billboard Hot 100

15 weeks, 9/9/89 to 12/16/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

10 weeks, 9/16/89 to 11/18/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

6 weeks, 9/29/89 to 11/10/89. 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.