Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Winds Of Change

29 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 18
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Mainstream Rock 18 15 0 11/6/82 – 2/12/83
Billboard Hot 100 38 11 8 1/29/83 – 4/9/83
R&R CHR / Top 40 27 3 2 3/4/83 – 3/18/83

Billboard Mainstream Rock

15 weeks, 11/6/82 to 2/12/83. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

11 weeks, 1/29/83 to 4/9/83. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

3 weeks, 3/4/83 to 3/18/83. 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.