Peak
10
Weeks
22
Score
2,693
Chart Year
1981
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position10
Peak DateNov 14, 1981
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted22
Weeks in Top 4010
Weeks in Top 102
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc871
Weekly Calc1,822
Total Score2,693
Rankings
Year Ranking#77
Decade Ranking#793
Billboard Year#65
Top 5000#4,743
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- Elektra Records
- Genre
- Stage & Screen
- Duration
- 5:00
- Composer(s)
- Mike Post
- Entered Chart
- Aug 22, 1981
- Peak Date
- Nov 14, 1981
- Released
- August 1981
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Elektra 47186
- B-Side
- Aaron's Tune
Music Video
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Notes
"Hill Street Blues" is a 1981 instrumental by Mike Post. It is the theme from the TV series Hill Street Blues, and features Larry Carlton on guitar. The single spent over five months on the charts and reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It became an Adult Contemporary hit in the U.S. (No. 4) and Canada (No. 29). It became Post's second Top 10 hit, matching the performance of his first hit in 1975, "Theme from The Rockford Files". The single also charted in the UK (No. 25).[1] At the 24th Annual Grammy Awards in 1982, the song won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Grammys awarded to Mike Post & Larry Carlton
Chart History (22 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 22, 1981 | 83 | 43 |
| 2 | Aug 29, 1981 | 76 | 50 |
| 3 | Sep 5, 1981 | 63 | 63 |
| 4 | Sep 12, 1981 | 57 | 69 |
| 5 | Sep 19, 1981 | 47 | 79 |
| 6 | Sep 26, 1981 | 42 | 84 |
| 7 | Oct 3, 1981 | 36 | 90 |
| 8 | Oct 10, 1981 | 29 | 97 |
| 9 | Oct 17, 1981 | 22 | 104 |
| 10 | Oct 24, 1981 | 17 | 109 |
| 11 | Oct 31, 1981 | 13 | 113 |
| 12 | Nov 7, 1981 | 12 | 114 |
| 13 | Nov 14, 1981 | 10 | 116 |
| 14 | Nov 21, 1981 | 10 | 116 |
| 15 | Nov 28, 1981 | 14 | 112 |
| 16 | Dec 5, 1981 | 37 | 89 |
| 17 | Dec 12, 1981 | 44 | 82 |
| 18 | Dec 19, 1981 | 54 | 72 |
| 19 | Dec 26, 1981 | 57 | 69 |
| 20 | Jan 2, 1982 | 57 | 69 |
Weeks 1–20 of 22
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