Gap Gold: The Best of The Gap Band

Gap Gold: The Best of The Gap Band is a greatest hits album by American group The Gap Band. It was released in March 1985 on Total Experience Records. The album contains most of their commercially successful singles from 1979–1983.[1]

Gap Gold: The Best of The Gap Band
Greatest hits album by
The Gap Band
ReleasedMarch 1985 (1985-03)
Recorded1979–1983
Genre
Length54:26
Label
Producer
The Gap Band chronology
Gap Band VI
(1984)		 Gap Gold: The Best of The Gap Band
(1985)		 Gap Band VII
(1985)

Commercial performance

Gap Gold peaked at number 103 on the US Billboard 200.[2] the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling 1 million copies in the United States.[3]

Track listing
  • Side one
  1. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) – 5:16
  2. Outstanding – 3:18
  3. I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops) – 8:31
  4. Party Train – 5:58
  5. Stay With Me – 4:10
  • Side two
  1. You Dropped A Bomb On Me – 5:10
  2. Early In The Morning – 6:28
  3. Yearning For Your Love – 5:41
  4. Shake – 4:57
  5. Season's No Reason To Change – 4:47

Charts
Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 103
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] 46

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3] Platinum 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. https://www.discogs.com/Gap-Band-Gap-Gold-Best-Of-The-Gap-Band/release/1118301
  2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/gap-gold-best-of-the-gap-band-mw0000193893/awards
  3. "American album certifications – The Gap Band – Gap Gold: The Best of The Gap Band". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 28, 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  4. "The Gap Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  5. "The Gap Band Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
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