Album
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Why this album mattered
Kick Out The Jams (1969) is a Mc5 album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 8 tracks on this release. It reached #30 and charted for 23 weeks.
The music
- 1
Ramblin’ Rose
2 Kick Out the Jams
- 3
Come Together
- 4
Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)
- 5
Borderline
- 6
Motor City Is Burning
- 7
I Want You Right Now
- 8
Starship
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Mar 8, 1969#178
A rocket up the chart — jumping 70 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #178, exploded upward for 10 weeks to reach #30 and fell quickly across 23 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.
