Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Foolish Games

103 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100two-sided single with You Were Meant For Me 7 26 11 12/28/96 – 2/21/98
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 1 27 12 7/11/97 – 1/23/98
R&R Adult Contemporary 5 19 12 7/18/97 – 11/21/97
R&R Pop CHR 1 26 13 7/18/97 – 1/23/98
R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A 25 5 2 8/22/97 – 9/19/97

Billboard Hot 100

26 weeks, 12/28/96 to 2/21/98. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

27 weeks, 7/11/97 to 1/23/98. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

19 weeks, 7/18/97 to 11/21/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

26 weeks, 7/18/97 to 1/23/98. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A

5 weeks, 8/22/97 to 9/19/97. 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.