Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Fire And Water

23 chart weeks across 2 charts, peaking at No. 2
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 24 11 9 12/25/71 – 3/4/72
Billboard R&B Singles 2 12 6 1/1/72 – 3/18/72

Billboard Hot 100

11 weeks, 12/25/71 to 3/4/72. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

12 weeks, 1/1/72 to 3/18/72. 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.