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Album
Stop Making Sense
- Peak position
- #41
- Weeks on chart
- 118
Stop Making Sense (1984) is a Talking Heads album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
Stop Making Sense (1984) is a Talking Heads album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 9 tracks on this release. It reached #41 and charted for 118 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Burning Down The House", "Take Me To The River".
The music
1 Psycho Killer
2 Swamp
3 Slippery People
4 Burning Down the House
- 5
Girlfriend Is Better
6 Once in a Lifetime
- 7
What a Day That Was
8 Life During Wartime
9 Take Me to the River
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Sep 22, 1984#88
- Sep 29#55
- Oct 6#42
- Oct 13#41
- Oct 20#41
- Oct 27#41
- Nov 3#41
- Nov 10#46
- Nov 17#50
- Nov 24#59
- Dec 1#58
- Dec 8#58
- Dec 15#78
- Dec 22#83
- Dec 29#83
- 1985
- Jan 5, 1985#83
- Jan 12#75
- Jan 19#55
- Jan 26#53
- Feb 2#53
- Feb 9#63
- Feb 16#63
- Feb 23#75
- Mar 2#72
- Mar 9#70
- Mar 16#68
- Mar 23#68
- Mar 30#72
- Apr 6#82
- Apr 13#83
- Apr 20#99
- Apr 27#103
- May 4#103
- May 11#102
- May 18#104
- May 25#114
- Jun 1#113
- Jun 8#112
- Jun 15#111
- Jun 22#111
- Jun 29#107
- Jul 6#125
- Jul 13#126
- Jul 20#124
- Jul 27#138
- Aug 3#138
- Aug 10#134
- Aug 17#137
- Aug 24#125
- Aug 31#129
- Sep 7#122
- Sep 14#128
- Sep 21#131
- Sep 28#135
- Oct 5#135
- Oct 12#132
- Oct 19#131
- Oct 26#130
- Nov 2#135
- Nov 9#133
- Nov 16#140
- Nov 23#148
- Nov 30#153
- Dec 7#153
- Dec 14#148
- Dec 21#157
- Dec 28#152
- 1986
- Jan 4, 1986#152
- Jan 11#128
- Jan 18#117
- Jan 25#117
- Feb 1#117
- Feb 8#115
- Feb 15#114
- Feb 22#129
- Mar 1#127
- Mar 8#141
- Mar 15#138
- Mar 22#135
- Mar 29#137
- Apr 5#146
- Apr 12#142
- Apr 19#141
- Apr 26#136
- May 3#131
- May 10#125
- May 17#123
- May 24#147
- May 31#142
- Jun 7#136
- Jun 14#148
- Jun 21#164
- Jun 28#167
- Jul 5#162
- Jul 12#159
- Jul 19#168
- Jul 26#168
- Aug 2#170
- Aug 9#171
- Aug 16#169
- Aug 23#162
- Aug 30#162
- Sep 6#167
- Sep 13#167
- Sep 20#180
- Sep 27#185
- Oct 4#182
- Oct 11#175
- Oct 18#179
- Oct 25#175
- Nov 1#192
- Nov 8#186
- Nov 15#167
- Nov 22#167
- Nov 29#172
- Dec 6#188
- Dec 13#195
- Dec 20#195
A rocket up the chart — jumping 33 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #88, exploded upward for 4 weeks to reach #41 and fell quickly across 118 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.
- Burning Down The HouseTalking Heads
- Hot 100 peak
- #9
- Weeks on chart
- 20
Highest peak · Longest-running singleOpen song journey → - Take Me To The RiverTalking Heads
- Hot 100 peak
- #26
- Weeks on chart
- 17
Open song journey → - Once In A LifetimeTalking Heads
- Hot 100 peak
- #91
- Weeks on chart
- 4
Final charting singleOpen song journey → - Psycho KillerTalking Heads
- Hot 100 peak
- #92
- Weeks on chart
- 5
First charting singleOpen song 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"Burning Down The House" · "Take Me To The River"
- ArtistTalking Heads
- Year1984