H2O (Hall & Oates album)


H2O is the eleventh studio album by American pop music duo Hall & Oates. The album was released on October 4, 1982, by RCA Records. It featured three top 10 US singles, one being "Maneater", which was the biggest hit of their career, spending four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album title is a play on the chemical formula for water, where "H" is for Hall and "O" is for Oates.
H2O is certified double Platinum by the RIAA with sales of over two million copies.

Track listing

Personnel

Production
The album debuted at number 33 on the Billboard 200 the week of October 30, 1982 as the highest debut of the week; after eleven weeks it reached and peaked at number three on the chart on January 15, 1983; the album remained on the chart for sixty-eight weeks. By December 1982 the album sold one million copies and it was certified Platinum on December 16, 1982; it was certified double Platinum by the RIAA on April 1, 1985 denoting shipments of two million.
In the United Kingdom the album opened at number 31 on October 23, 1982, the next week it reached and peaked at number 24. The album remained on the chart for thirty-five weeks and it was certified Gold by the BPI on March 29, 1983 for shipments of 100,000.

Charts and certifications

Album

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Singles

The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.
#TitleHot 100UK Singles
1."Maneater"16
2."One on One"763
3."Family Man"615