Album
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Why this album mattered
Central Heating (1978) is a Heatwave album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #10 and charted for 26 weeks. Major singles from the album include "The Groove Line".
The music
- 1
Put the Word Out
- 2
Send Out for Sunshine
- 3
Central Heating
- 4
Happiness Togetherness
5 The Groove Line
- 6
Mind Blowing Decisions
- 7
The Star of a Story
- 8
Party Poops
- 9
Leavin’ for a Dream
- 10
Whack That Axe
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
A rocket up the chart — jumping 40 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #100, exploded upward for 7 weeks to reach #10, then spent 2 weeks inside the Top 10 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
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
