Album
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Why this album mattered
Real People (1980) is a Chic album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 8 tracks on this release. It reached #30 and charted for 15 weeks.
The music
- 1
I Got Protection
- 2
You Can't Do It Alone
- 3
I Loved You More
- 4
Real People
- 5
Chip off the Old Block
- 6
Open Up
7 Rebels Are We
- 8
26
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Jul 26, 1980#92
A rocket up the chart — jumping 30 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #92, exploded upward for 6 weeks to reach #30 and fell quickly across 15 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
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
