Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Breakdance

42 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 7
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 8 19 12 3/24/84 – 7/28/84
R&R CHR / Top 40 7 11 8 4/6/84 – 6/15/84
Billboard R&B Singles 23 12 8 4/7/84 – 6/23/84

Billboard Hot 100

19 weeks, 3/24/84 to 7/28/84. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

11 weeks, 4/6/84 to 6/15/84. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

12 weeks, 4/7/84 to 6/23/84. 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.