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Learning To Crawl
- Peak position
- #5
- Weeks on chart
- 42
Learning to Crawl is the third studio album by the British rock band the Pretenders.
Why this album mattered
Learning to Crawl is the third studio album by the British rock band the Pretenders. It was released on 13 January 1984 by Sire Records after a hiatus during which band members James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon died of drug overdoses. The album's title of "Learning to Crawl" was given in honour of Chrissie Hynde's then-infant daughter, Natalie Rae Hynde. It reached #5 and charted for 42 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Back On The Chain Gang", "Middle Of The Road", "Show Me".
The music
1 Middle of the Road
2 Back on the Chain Gang
- 3
Time the Avenger
- 4
Watching the Clothes
5 Show Me
- 6
Thumbelina
- 7
My City Was Gone
8 Thin Line Between Love and Hate
- 9
I Hurt You
- 10
2000 Miles
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Feb 4, 1984#25
- Feb 11#10
- Feb 18#7
- Feb 25#5
- Mar 3#5
- Mar 10#5
- Mar 17#5
- Mar 24#7
- Mar 31#7
- Apr 7#8
- Apr 14#9
- Apr 21#11
- Apr 28#13
- May 5#13
- May 12#20
- May 19#20
- May 26#22
- Jun 2#24
- Jun 9#25
- Jun 16#29
- Jun 23#37
- Jun 30#37
- Jul 7#45
- Jul 14#47
- Jul 21#49
- Jul 28#57
- Aug 4#58
- Aug 11#69
- Aug 18#76
- Aug 25#85
- Sep 1#84
- Sep 8#84
- Sep 15#85
- Sep 22#125
- Sep 29#111
- Oct 6#105
- Oct 13#105
- Oct 20#136
- Oct 27#156
- Nov 3#157
- Nov 10#163
- Nov 17#165
An album monster — 42 weeks on chart with a peak at #5, the kind of run that defines an era. Entered at #25, exploded upward for 4 weeks to reach #5, then spent 10 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 42 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.
- Back On The Chain GangPretenders
- Hot 100 peak
- #5
- Weeks on chart
- 24
Highest peak · Longest-running single · First charting singleOpen song journey → - Middle Of The RoadPretenders
- Hot 100 peak
- #19
- Weeks on chart
- 14
Open song journey → - Show MePretenders
- Hot 100 peak
- #28
- Weeks on chart
- 13
Open song journey → - Thin Line Between Love And HatePretenders
- Hot 100 peak
- #83
- Weeks on chart
- 5
Final charting singleOpen song journey →
Similar chart journeys
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Album facts
- LabelSire
- Genresrock · country rock · The album · Pretenders album
- Singles"Back On The Chain Gang" · "Middle Of The Road" · "Show Me"
- ArtistPretenders
- Year1984