Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

If It Makes You Happy

119 chart weeks across 6 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A 1 21 6 8/23/96 – 1/24/97
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 6 22 10 8/31/96 – 1/25/97
R&R Pop CHR 3 23 15 9/6/96 – 2/21/97
Billboard Hot 100 10 27 9 9/21/96 – 3/22/97
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 4 24 15 10/4/96 – 3/28/97
Billboard Mainstream Rock 37 2 1 10/19/96 – 10/26/96

R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A

21 weeks, 8/23/96 to 1/24/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

22 weeks, 8/31/96 to 1/25/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

23 weeks, 9/6/96 to 2/21/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

27 weeks, 9/21/96 to 3/22/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

24 weeks, 10/4/96 to 3/28/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

2 weeks, 10/19/96 to 10/26/96. 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.