Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)

72 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 5 29 15 11/11/95 – 5/25/96
Billboard Mainstream Rock 1 31 14 12/23/95 – 7/20/96
R&R Pop CHR 36 12 9 3/22/96 – 6/7/96

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

29 weeks, 11/11/95 to 5/25/96. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

31 weeks, 12/23/95 to 7/20/96. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

12 weeks, 3/22/96 to 6/7/96. 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.