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Why this album mattered
Head First (1979) is a The Babys album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 9 tracks on this release. It reached #22 and charted for 25 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Every Time I Think Of You".
The music
- 1
Love Don't Prove I'm Right
2 Every Time I Think of You
- 3
I Was One
- 4
White Lightning
- 5
Run to Mexico
6 Head First
- 7
You (Got It)
- 8
Please Don't Leave Me Here
- 9
California
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
A rocket up the chart — jumping 28 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #123, exploded upward for 12 weeks to reach #22 and fell quickly across 25 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.
