H2O is the eleventh studio album by American pop music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates.[a] The album was released on October 4, 1982, by RCA Records. It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, making it the duo's highest-charting album, and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA with sales of over two million copies.[5] The album title is a play on the chemical formula for water, where "H" is for Hall and "O" is for Oates. 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. It is the first appearance for longtime bassist/musical director Tom "T-Bone" Wolk.
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.[6][7] 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.[8]
In the United Kingdom the album opened at number 31 on October 23, 1982, the next week it reached and peaked at number 24.[9][10] 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.[10][11]
^Berger, Arion (2004). "Daryl Hall & John Oates". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 358. ISBN0743201698.
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