Album
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Album
Born To Be Alive
- Peak position
- #61
- Weeks on chart
- 15
Born To Be Alive (1979) is a Patrick Hernandez album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
Born To Be Alive (1979) is a Patrick Hernandez album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #61 and charted for 15 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Born To Be Alive".
The music
1 Born to Be Alive
- 2
Disco Queen
- 3
You Turn Me On
- 4
Show Me the Way You Kiss
- 5
Back to Boogie
- 6
It Comes So Easy
- 7
I Give You Rendez-Vous
- 8
Born to Be Alive (USA 12” disco mix)
- 9
Back to Boogie
- 10
Born to Be Alive (original single mix)
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Jul 28, 1979#149
A rocket up the chart — jumping 27 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #149, exploded upward for 9 weeks to reach #61 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.
Album facts
- Singles"Born To Be Alive"
- ArtistPatrick Hernandez
- Year1979