Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

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49 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Mainstream Rock 1 26 0 2/12/83 – 8/6/83
Billboard Hot 100 12 17 11 3/12/83 – 7/2/83
R&R CHR / Top 40 16 6 5 4/8/83 – 5/13/83

Billboard Mainstream Rock

26 weeks, 2/12/83 to 8/6/83. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

17 weeks, 3/12/83 to 7/2/83. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

6 weeks, 4/8/83 to 5/13/83. 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.