Album
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Why this album mattered
Close (1988) is a Kim Wilde album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #114 and charted for 6 weeks.
The music
- 1
Hey Mister Heartache
2 You Came
3 Four Letter Word
- 4
Love in the Natural Way
- 5
Love’s a No
- 6
Never Trust a Stranger
- 7
You’ll Be the One Who’ll Lose
- 8
European Soul
- 9
Stone
- 10
Lucky Guy
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Oct 1, 1988#195
A rocket up the chart — jumping 64 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #195, exploded upward for 4 weeks to reach #114 and fell quickly over 2 more weeks across 6 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.
