Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Walking On A Thin Line

37 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 11
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Mainstream Rock 16 13 0 2/18/84 – 12/8/84
R&R CHR / Top 40 11 9 7 10/19/84 – 12/14/84
Billboard Hot 100 18 15 8 10/20/84 – 1/26/85

Billboard Mainstream Rock

13 weeks, 2/18/84 to 12/8/84. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

9 weeks, 10/19/84 to 12/14/84. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

15 weeks, 10/20/84 to 1/26/85. 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.