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Homecoming by America
Homecoming is an album by America, released in 1972. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 11 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Ventura Highway”, on 11 lists with a best position of #60.
Homecoming, America's second album, came out on Warner Bros. on November 15, 1972, produced by the band and cut at the Record Plant. Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek, the trio who met as sons of US Air Force families in London, still build everything on acoustic guitars and those close, sunlit harmonies, but this time electric guitar and keyboards push further into the picture.
"Ventura Highway" is the prize, a breezy, shimmering road song that floats along on twin acoustic lines and went top ten, with "Don't Cross the River" and "Only in Your Heart" following it onto the singles chart. FM programmers dug deeper, spinning "To Each His Own", "California Revisited" and "Cornwall Blank". The album went to number 9 and platinum, and it kicked off the band's habit of titles starting with H.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Homecoming on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ventura Highway | 11 | #60 | – | 2007–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.