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Album
Be What You Are
- Peak position
- #102
- Weeks on chart
- 21
Be What You Are (1973) is a The Staple Singers album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
Be What You Are (1973) is a The Staple Singers album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #102 and charted for 21 weeks. Major singles from the album include "If You'Re Ready Come Go With Me", "Touch A Hand Make A Friend".
The music
1 Be What You Are
2 If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
- 3
Medley: Love Comes In All Colors
- 4
Tellin' Lies
5 Touch A Hand, Make A Friend
- 6
Drown Yourself
- 7
I Ain't Raisin' No Sand
- 8
Grandma's Hands
- 9
Bridges Instead Of Walls
- 10
I'm On Your Side
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Aug 25, 1973#176
- Sep 1#125
- Sep 8#120
- Sep 15#118
- Sep 22#104
- Sep 29#102
- Oct 6#110
- Oct 13#120
- Oct 20#145
- Oct 27#145
- Nov 3#142
- Nov 10#155
- Nov 17#151
- Nov 24#153
- Dec 1#168
- Dec 8#167
- Dec 15#171
- Dec 22#171
- Dec 29#183
- 1974
- Jan 5, 1974#188
- Jan 12#198
A rocket up the chart — jumping 51 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #176, exploded upward for 6 weeks to reach #102 and fell quickly across 21 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.
- If You'Re Ready Come Go With MeThe Staple Singers
- Hot 100 peak
- #9
- Weeks on chart
- 16
Highest peak · Longest-running singleOpen song journey → - Touch A Hand Make A FriendThe Staple Singers
- Hot 100 peak
- #23
- Weeks on chart
- 13
Final charting singleOpen song journey → - Be What You AreThe Staple Singers
- Hot 100 peak
- #66
- Weeks on chart
- 6
First charting singleOpen song journey →
Similar chart journeys
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Album facts
- Singles"If You'Re Ready Come Go With Me" · "Touch A Hand Make A Friend"
- ArtistThe Staple Singers
- Year1973