Live To Tell - Chart Performance

Chart Performance

"Live to Tell" was released in the United States in March 1986. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 49, reaching the top position eight weeks later, becoming Madonna's third number-one single in the US, and her second number-one that is featured in a film after "Crazy for You". The song was a crossover success, topping the Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks, and peaking at number three on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. In Canada the song debuted at the 79 position of the RPM singles chart in April 1986, reached the top for two weeks in May 1986, stayed on the chart for 23 weeks, and ended at the second position of the year-end chart.

In the United Kingdom, "Live to Tell" was released on April 21, 1986. The next week, the song debuted at number ten on the UK Singles Chart, peaked at number two, and stayed 13 weeks on the chart. It was held out of the top spot by Falco's Rock Me Amadeus. "Live to Tell" was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in May 1986, for shipment of 200,000 copies of the single across United Kingdom. According to The Official Charts Company, the song has sold 280,000 copies there.

Across Europe, "Live to Tell" topped the Eurochart Hot 100 for two weeks, and the singles chart in Italy, as well as peaking inside the top ten in Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland. It was also certified silver by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) for shipment of 250,000 copies in France.