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Sit Down Young Stranger
- Peak position
- #12
- Weeks on chart
- 37
Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) is a Gordon Lightfoot album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) is a Gordon Lightfoot album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #12 and charted for 37 weeks. Major singles from the album include "If You Could Read My Mind".
The music
- 1
Minstrel of the Dawn
- 2
Me and Bobby McGee
- 3
Approaching Lavender
- 4
Saturday Clothes
- 5
Cobwebs & Dust
- 6
Poor Little Allison
- 7
Sit Down Young Stranger
8 If You Could Read My Mind
- 9
Baby It’s Allright
- 10
Your Love’s Return
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
A chart re-entry — the song disappeared, then returned 2 times. Entered at #197, climbed steadily for 2 weeks to reach #194 across 2 weeks on the chart. Returned after 2 weeks off the chart at #153, charting 2 more weeks at that level. Returned after 26 weeks off the chart at #83, reaching #12 over 33 more weeks. 37 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.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
Album facts
- Singles"If You Could Read My Mind"
- ArtistGordon Lightfoot
- Year1970