Album · Supertramp
Breakfast in America by Supertramp
Breakfast in America is an album by Supertramp, released in 1979. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 221 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Logical Song”, on 73 lists with a best position of #34.
Breakfast in America, Supertramp's sixth album, came out on A&M in 1979 after a long haul at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, from May to December 1978, with the band and Peter Henderson producing. It's the classic five at full stretch: Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies writing and singing, Dougie Thomson on bass, Bob Siebenberg on drums and John Helliwell's sax honking through the gaps.
The old prog ambitions are tucked inside tight, sparkling pop songs, keyboards bouncing and choruses built to lodge in your head for good. "The Logical Song", "Goodbye Stranger" and "Take the Long Way Home" all went top 15 in America, and at home "The Logical Song" and the title track became the only top 10 hits the band ever had. The album sat at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for six weeks, won Grammys for its packaging and its engineering, and became their biggest seller.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Breakfast in America on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Logical Song#483 of all time | 73 | #34 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | Breakfast in America | 53 | #80 | – | 1982–2025 | |
| 3 | Take The Long Way Home | 52 | #48 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 4 | Goodbye Stranger | 43 | #90 | – | 1994–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.