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Why this album mattered
Al Green Gets Next To You (1971) is a Al Green album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #58 and charted for 43 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Tired Of Being Alone".
The music
- 1
I Can’t Get Next to You
- 2
Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?
- 3
God Is Standing By
4 Tired of Being Alone
- 5
I’m a Ram
- 6
Driving Wheel
- 7
Light My Fire
- 8
You Say It
- 9
Right Now, Right Now
- 10
All Because
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Aug 28, 1971#197
- Sep 4#183
- Sep 11#175
- Sep 18#169
- Sep 25#158
- Oct 2#179
- Oct 9#146
- Oct 16#146
- Oct 23#137
- Oct 30#135
- Nov 6#131
- Nov 13#115
- Nov 20#93
- Nov 27#93
- Dec 4#91
- Dec 11#90
- Dec 18#93
- Dec 25#82
- 1972
- Jan 1, 1972#82
- Jan 8#94
- Jan 15#95
- Jan 22#81
- Jan 29#63
- Feb 5#59
- Feb 12#58
- Feb 19#83
- Feb 26#80
- Mar 4#78
- Mar 11#84
- Mar 18#84
- Mar 25#83
- Apr 1#96
- Apr 8#95
- Apr 15#113
- Apr 22#134
- Apr 29#131
- May 6#131
- May 13#150
- May 20#146
- May 27#144
- Jun 3#155
- Jun 10#161
- Jun 17#193
A rocket up the chart — jumping 33 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #197, exploded upward for 25 weeks to reach #58 and fell quickly across 43 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
