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Why this album mattered
Stranger In Town (1978) is a Bob Seger album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 9 tracks on this release. It reached #4 and charted for 110 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Still The Same", "Hollywood Nights", "We'Ve Got Tonight".
The music
- 1
Brave Strangers
2 Still The Same
3 Feel Like A Number
- 4
Till It Shines
5 We've Got Tonight
- 6
Ain't Got No Money
7 Old Time Rock & Roll
8 Hollywood Nights
- 9
The Famous Final Scene
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- May 27, 1978#94
- Jun 3#30
- Jun 10#18
- Jun 17#12
- Jun 24#8
- Jul 1#7
- Jul 8#5
- Jul 15#5
- Jul 22#4
- Jul 29#4
- Aug 5#6
- Aug 12#6
- Aug 19#6
- Aug 26#7
- Sep 2#7
- Sep 9#12
- Sep 16#18
- Sep 23#16
- Sep 30#16
- Oct 7#14
- Oct 14#13
- Oct 21#13
- Oct 28#12
- Nov 4#11
- Nov 11#10
- Nov 18#22
- Nov 25#51
- Dec 2#75
- Dec 9#64
- Dec 16#53
- Dec 23#38
- Dec 30#38
- 1979
- Jan 6, 1979#34
- Jan 13#29
- Jan 20#27
- Jan 27#23
- Feb 3#22
- Feb 10#35
- Feb 17#55
- Feb 24#55
- Mar 3#55
- Mar 10#52
- Mar 17#58
- Mar 24#60
- Mar 31#60
- Apr 7#77
- Apr 14#89
- Apr 21#86
- Apr 28#83
- May 5#83
- May 12#78
- May 19#78
- May 26#78
- Jun 2#77
- Jun 9#78
- Jun 16#74
- Jun 23#74
- Jun 30#89
- Jul 7#89
- Jul 14#99
- Jul 21#117
- Jul 28#117
- Aug 4#116
- Aug 11#116
- Aug 18#126
- Aug 25#140
- Sep 1#142
- Sep 8#140
- Sep 15#155
- Sep 22#154
- Sep 29#179
- Oct 6#192
- Oct 13#192
- Oct 20#193
- Oct 27#195
- Nov 3#197
- Nov 10#197
- Nov 17#198
- Nov 24#196
- Dec 1#197
- Dec 8#192
- 1980
- Mar 29, 1980#184
- Apr 5#174
- Apr 12#164
- Apr 19#156
- Apr 26#146
- May 3#136
- May 10#123
- May 17#123
- May 24#120
- May 31#119
- Jun 7#117
- Jun 14#117
- Jun 21#111
- Jun 28#133
- Jul 5#133
- Jul 12#130
- Jul 19#141
- Jul 26#141
- Aug 2#139
- Aug 9#138
- Aug 16#136
- Aug 23#143
- Aug 30#159
- Sep 6#159
- Sep 13#169
- Sep 20#171
- Sep 27#191
- 1983
- Oct 15, 1983#189
- Oct 22#193
A chart re-entry — the song disappeared, then returned 2 times. Entered at #94, exploded upward for 9 weeks to reach #4, then spent 12 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 81 weeks on the chart. Returned after 15 weeks off the chart at #184, reaching #111 over 27 more weeks. Returned after 158 weeks off the chart at #189, charting 2 more weeks at that level. 110 total weeks on chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
- Still The SameBob Seger
- Hot 100 peak
- #4
- Weeks on chart
- 18
Highest peak · First charting singleOpen song journey → - Hollywood NightsBob Seger
- Hot 100 peak
- #12
- Weeks on chart
- 13
Open song journey → - We'Ve Got TonightBob Seger
- Hot 100 peak
- #13
- Weeks on chart
- 17
Open song journey → - Old Time Rock RollBob Seger
- Hot 100 peak
- #28
- Weeks on chart
- 22
Longest-running singleOpen song journey → - Feel Like A NumberBob Seger
- Hot 100 peak
- #48
- Weeks on chart
- 8
Final charting singleOpen song journey →
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