Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

When I See You Smile

67 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 9 12 7 9/15/89 – 12/1/89
Billboard Hot 100 1 22 10 9/16/89 – 2/10/90
R&R CHR / Top 40 1 13 7 9/22/89 – 12/22/89
Billboard Mainstream Rock 10 12 6 9/23/89 – 12/9/89
R&R Adult Contemporary 11 8 7 11/24/89 – 1/19/90

R&R AOR Tracks

12 weeks, 9/15/89 to 12/1/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

22 weeks, 9/16/89 to 2/10/90. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 9/22/89 to 12/22/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

12 weeks, 9/23/89 to 12/9/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

8 weeks, 11/24/89 to 1/19/90. 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.