Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Bette Davis Eyes

68 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 1 26 16 3/28/81 – 9/19/81
R&R CHR / Top 40 1 16 9 4/3/81 – 7/17/81
R&R Adult Contemporary 7 14 8 4/17/81 – 7/17/81
Billboard Mainstream Rock 5 12 0 5/2/81 – 7/18/81

Billboard Hot 100

26 weeks, 3/28/81 to 9/19/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

16 weeks, 4/3/81 to 7/17/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

14 weeks, 4/17/81 to 7/17/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

12 weeks, 5/2/81 to 7/18/81. 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.