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This shift helped to usher in a string of successful albums and singles.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir breakthrough hit was \"Hold On Loosely\" (1981); \"Caught Up in You\" (1982) and \"If I'd Been the One\" (1983) both hit #1 on Billboard magazine's Album Rock Tracks chart. \"Back Where You Belong\" (1984) continued the annual sequence of radio favorites, and \"Second Chance\" (1989) was a #1 hit on Billboard's adult contemporary chart.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, 38 Special was the opening act on Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr.'s Rowdy Frynds Tour, and on September 27, 2008, they filmed a CMT Crossroads special with country singer Trace Adkins, performing both artists' hits from over the years. 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