Album
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Why this album mattered
Departure (1980) is a Journey album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #8 and charted for 57 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Any Way You Want It", "Walks Like A Lady".
The music
1 Any Way You Want It
2 Walks Like a Lady
- 3
Someday Soon
- 4
People and Places
- 5
Precious Time
- 6
Where Were You
- 7
I’m Cryin’
- 8
Line of Fire
- 9
Departure
- 10
Good Morning Girl
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
A Christmas return — the song came back during the late-year season when familiar hits reclaim the chart. Entered at #38, exploded upward for 6 weeks to reach #8, then spent 5 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 40 weeks on the chart. Returned after 11 weeks off the chart at #141, reaching #124 over 5 more weeks. Returned after 17 weeks off the chart at #160, reaching #148 over 7 more weeks. Returned after 6 weeks off the chart at #171, reaching #169 over 5 more weeks. 57 total weeks on 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.
