Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Don't Let Go

45 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 11
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard R&B Singles 11 22 11 9/15/79 – 2/9/80
Billboard Hot 100 18 21 14 10/27/79 – 3/15/80
R&R CHR / Top 40 23 2 2 1/11/80 – 1/18/80

Billboard R&B Singles

22 weeks, 9/15/79 to 2/9/80. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

21 weeks, 10/27/79 to 3/15/80. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

2 weeks, 1/11/80 to 1/18/80. 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.