David Lee Roth discography
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David Lee Roth is an American rock singer best known as the lead singer of Van Halen. His solo discography consists of six studio albums, one extended play, one compilation album, and 20 singles. Of his eight albums, four have been certified Gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America. Eat 'Em and Smile, Skyscraper, and Crazy from the Heat are certified Platinum, and A Little Ain't Enough is certified Gold.
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| David Lee Roth discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 22 |
| No. 1 singles | 1 |
Roth has released 20 singles, with four of those reaching the Top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100. His debut single, 1985's "California Girls", reached number 3 on Hot 100, and 1988's "Just Like Paradise" reached number 6 on the same chart. "Just Like Paradise" is also Roth's first (and only to date) number-one single on any Billboard chart. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Most of his singles have experienced international chart success, most notably in Canada and New Zealand, where Roth has several Top 20 hits in both countries.
Since the release of Diamond Dave (2003), Roth has put out many non-album singles since 2020, but released no further albums. In 2006, he re-joined Van Halen—the band that he helped propel to international superstardom—and then toured extensively. Roth's first full-length album with Van Halen since 1984, A Different Kind of Truth, was released in February 2012 to widespread commercial and critical success.
12 of Roth's albums have been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA and 11 have been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA (Van Halen and solo combined).
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US Indie [2] |
AUS [3][4][5] |
CAN [6] |
FIN [7] |
GE [8] |
NL [9] |
NO [10] |
NZ [11] |
JP [12] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
UK [15] | |||||
| Eat 'Em and Smile |
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4 | — | 26 | 13 | 5 | 51 | 57 | 17 | 50 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 28 | |||
| Skyscraper |
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6 | — | 15 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 11 | |||
| A Little Ain't Enough |
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18 | — | 26 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 9 | — | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Your Filthy Little Mouth |
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78 | — | 91 | — | 12 | 62 | — | — | — | 26 | 23 | 25 | 28 |
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| DLR Band |
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172 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Diamond Dave |
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— | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [20] |
US Rock [21] |
AUS [22][23] |
CAN [24] |
FIN [7] |
NL [25] |
NZ [26] |
UK [15] | |||
| "California Girls"[a] | 1985 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | — | 44 | 7 | 68 | Crazy from the Heat |
| "Easy Street" [airplay] | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" | 12 | 25 | 13 | 7 | — | — | 6 | — | ||
| "Yankee Rose" | 1986 | 16 | 10 | 33 | 29 | 10 | — | — | — | Eat 'Em and Smile |
| "Goin' Crazy!" | 66 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "That's Life" | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tobacco Road" [US promo] | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I'm Easy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Just Like Paradise" | 1987 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 77 | 13 | 27 | Skyscraper |
| "Knucklebones" [US promo] | 1988 | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Stand Up" | 64 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | ||
| "Damn Good" | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "A Lil' Ain't Enough" | 1991 | — | 3 | 42 | 41 | 4 | 58 | — | 32 | A Little Ain't Enough |
| "Sensible Shoes" | — | 6 | 153 | 48 | — | — | — | 81 | ||
| "Tell the Truth" [US promo] | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "She's My Machine" | 1994 | — | 12 | — | — | 10 | — | — | 64 | Your Filthy Little Mouth |
| "Night Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | ||
| "Don't Piss Me Off" [US promo] [28] | 1997 | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Best |
| "Slam Dunk" [airplay] [29] | 1998 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DLR Band |
| "Somewhere over the Rainbow Bar and Grill" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles[30][31] |
| "Giddy - Up!" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lo-Rez Sunset" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pointing at the Moon" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Panama" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dance the Night Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Really Got Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Everybody Wants Some!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Unchained" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ain't That Peculiar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Video singles
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "One Piece Thermo-Molded Country Plastic Chair" | 2012 | with Scotty Emerick[32] |
| "The Oo-oka River Blues" | 2014 | with the Kabuki Orchestra[33] |
| "Mustang Sally" (originally released as "Happy New Year") | 2015 | Wilson Pickett cover[34] |
| "Ain't No Christmas" | 2016 | [35] |
Other appearances
Studio appearances
- Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen – vocals on "Jump" and "Jamie's Cryin'" (2006)
- "Ashley" – charity recording, recorded 1999, released 2012[36][37]
Guest appearance
- Live at Ultra Music Festival Miami 2019 (Highlights) – Appeared onstage with Armin van Buuren during the remix of "Jump" (2019)
Video albums
with Van Halen
Studio albums
- Van Halen (1978)
- Van Halen II (1979)
- Women and Children First (1980)
- Fair Warning (1981)
- Diver Down (1982)
- 1984 (1984)
- A Different Kind of Truth (2012)
Notes
- "California Girls" also peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[27]