Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Fire Water Burn

16 chart weeks across 2 charts, peaking at No. 18
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 18 10 4 12/14/96 – 2/15/97
Billboard Mainstream Rock 28 6 3 1/4/97 – 2/8/97

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

10 weeks, 12/14/96 to 2/15/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

6 weeks, 1/4/97 to 2/8/97. 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.