Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

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66 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Mainstream Rock 1 27 0 11/28/81 – 6/12/82
Billboard Hot 100 4 27 19 1/23/82 – 7/24/82
R&R CHR / Top 40 7 12 8 3/19/82 – 6/4/82

Billboard Mainstream Rock

27 weeks, 11/28/81 to 6/12/82. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

27 weeks, 1/23/82 to 7/24/82. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

12 weeks, 3/19/82 to 6/4/82. 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.