Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Ride, Sally, Ride

6 chart weeks across 2 charts, peaking at No. 43
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100two-sided single with Getting It On 93 4 3 6/3/72 – 6/24/72
Billboard R&B Singles 43 2 1 6/24/72 – 7/1/72

Billboard Hot 100

4 weeks, 6/3/72 to 6/24/72. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

2 weeks, 6/24/72 to 7/1/72. 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.