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Why this album mattered
Whammy (1983) is a The B-52s album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 9 tracks on this release. It reached #29 and charted for 26 weeks.
The music
1 Legal Tender
- 2
Whammy Kiss
- 3
Song for a Future Generation
- 4
Butterbean
- 5
Trism
- 6
Queen of Las Vegas
- 7
Moon 83
- 8
Big Bird
- 9
Work That Skirt
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- May 21, 1983#131
A rocket up the chart — jumping 87 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #131, exploded upward for 5 weeks to reach #29 and fell quickly across 26 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.
