Tracks
Side A
- 11980Stop Your Sobbing2:40C minor
- 21980Kid3:06E major
- 31979Dutch Top 40: peak position 7 in week 12 of 1980, 10 weeks in the chartBrass in Pocket3:04F♯ major
- 41980Dutch Top 40: peak position 31 in week 22 of 1980, 3 weeks in the chartTalk of the Town3:14G major
Side B
- 11981Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 2 of 1982, 9 weeks in the chartI Go to Sleep2:57F minor
- 21981Day After Day4:00A major
- 31981Dutch Top 40: peak position 30 in week 11 of 1981, 3 weeks in the chartMessage of Love3:25A major
- 41982Dutch Top 40: peak position 30 in week 45 of 1982, 6 weeks in the chartBack on the Chain Gang3:51A major
Side C
- 11983Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 51 of 1983, 5 weeks in the chart2000 Miles3:39D major
- 21983Middle of the Road4:14E major
- 31983Show Me4:14C♯ major
- 41983Dutch Top 40: peak position 27 in week 28 of 1984, 3 weeks in the chartThin Line Between Love and Hate3:41E major
Side D
- 11986Dutch Top 40: peak position 19 in week 47 of 1986, 5 weeks in the chartDon't Get Me Wrong3:48D major
- 21986Dutch Top 40: peak position 35 in week 5 of 1987, 3 weeks in the chartHymn to Her4:58G major
- 31986My Baby4:08D major
- 41985I Got You Babe (feat. Chrissie Hynde)3:09C minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The Singles
The Singles sounds brighter and more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 122 bpm.
Quietest track: I Got You Babe (feat. Chrissie Hynde) · most energetic: Middle of the Road
Across 16 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All 15 members of The Pretenders over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Pete Farndon
Chrissie Hynde
James Honeyman‐Scott
Martin Chambers
Billy Bremner
Robbie McIntosh
Malcolm Foster
T. M. Stevens
Blair Cunningham
Johnny Marr
Adam Seymour
Andy Hobson
Nick Wilkinson
Eric Heywood1980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was The Singles by The Pretenders released?
The Singles came out in 1987.
How many tracks are on The Singles?
The Singles has 16 tracks, 59 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from The Singles made the Dutch Top 40?
Nine tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Brass in Pocket, Talk of the Town, I Go to Sleep, Message of Love, Back on the Chain Gang, 2000 Miles and three others. The highest was I Go to Sleep, at number 4 in week 2 of 1982.
Which category is The Singles in?
The Singles is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by The Pretenders.
Who was in The Pretenders when The Singles came out?
In 1979–1986, The Pretenders consisted of Pete Farndon, Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman‐Scott, Martin Chambers, Billy Bremner, Robbie McIntosh, Malcolm Foster, T. M. Stevens and one others. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of The Singles mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The Singles?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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