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Big Thing
- Peak position
- #24
- Weeks on chart
- 26
Big Thing is the fifth studio album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran.
Why this album mattered
Big Thing is the fifth studio album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran. It was released on 17 October 1988 by EMI Records. The album featured two top 20 hits: the first, "I Don't Want Your Love", which went to number 14 in the UK and number 4 in the US, with the second single "All She Wants Is" reaching number 9 in the UK and number 22 in the US, the last of Duran Duran's top 10 hits during the 1980s. It reached #24 and charted for 26 weeks. Major singles from the album include "All She Wants Is".
The music
- 1
Big Thing
- 2
I Don’t Want Your Love
3 All She Wants Is
- 4
Too Late Marlene
- 5
Drug (It’s Just a State of Mind)
6 Do You Believe in Shame?
- 7
Palomino
- 8
Interlude One
- 9
Land
- 10
Flute Interlude
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Nov 5, 1988#109
- Nov 12#31
- Nov 19#25
- Nov 26#24
- Dec 3#24
- Dec 10#25
- Dec 17#29
- Dec 24#30
- Dec 31#30
- 1989
- Jan 7, 1989#35
- Jan 14#36
- Jan 21#32
- Jan 28#37
- Feb 4#40
- Feb 11#40
- Feb 18#43
- Feb 25#52
- Mar 4#57
- Mar 11#77
- Mar 18#81
- Mar 25#97
- Apr 1#92
- Apr 8#107
- Apr 15#116
- Apr 22#157
- Apr 29#186
A rocket up the chart — jumping 78 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #109, exploded upward for 4 weeks to reach #24 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
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Album facts
- LabelEMI
- Genrespop rock · The album
- Singles"All She Wants Is"
- ArtistDuran Duran
- Year1988