Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band

62 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 1 20 10 8/6/77 – 12/17/77
R&R Adult Contemporary 4 13 6 8/19/77 – 11/18/77
R&R CHR / Top 40 1 14 7 8/19/77 – 11/18/77
Billboard R&B Singles 8 15 7 9/3/77 – 12/10/77

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 8/6/77 to 12/17/77. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

13 weeks, 8/19/77 to 11/18/77. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

14 weeks, 8/19/77 to 11/18/77. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

15 weeks, 9/3/77 to 12/10/77. 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.