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Bébé le Strange by Heart
Bébé le Strange is an album by Heart, released in 1980. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 20 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Even It Up”, on 18 lists with a best position of #10.
Bébé le Strange, Heart's fifth album, hit the shops on Epic in February 1980, the first without guitarist Roger Fisher, who had walked out months before along with his brother Michael. Mike Flicker produced it with the band's Howard Leese at Studio X, and the Wilson sisters carried on without missing a step.
It's a lean, mean hard rock record, Ann's voice cutting like a buzzsaw and Nancy's guitars chugging hard, with Steve Fossen and Michael Derosier driving the rhythm. "Even It Up" struts with the Tower of Power horn section blasting behind it, and the title track and "Rockin Heaven Down" have the same hungry bite. It climbed to number five on the Billboard 200, stayed on the chart for 22 weeks and went gold that May.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Bébé le Strange on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Even It Up | 18 | #10 | – | 1980–2024 | |
| 2 | Bebe Le Strange | 1 | #77 | – | 1980 | |
| 3 | Rockin Heaven Down | 1 | #97 | – | 1980 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.