Jimmy Barnes discography
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This is a discography of the Scottish-born Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes. As of 2019, Barnes has been certified with 48 platinum awards for his solo work and a further 20 platinum awards for his work with Cold Chisel.[1]
Studio albums20
EPs7
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums8
| Jimmy Barnes discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 20 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 76 |
| Video albums | 15 |
| Other albums | 3 |
Barnes holds the record with the most number-one albums in Australia, with 16.[2]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][4] |
NZ [5] |
SWE [6] |
US [7] |
CAN [8] |
UK [9] | |||||||
| Bodyswerve |
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1 | 35 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| For the Working Class Man |
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1 | 2 | 22 | 109 | — | — | |||||
| Freight Train Heart |
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1 | 5 | 24 | 104 | 86 | — | |||||
| Two Fires |
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1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Soul Deep |
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1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Heat |
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2 | 3 | 50 | — | — | — | |||||
| Flesh and Wood |
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2 | 9 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Psyclone |
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2 | 38 | — | — | — | 125 |
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| Love and Fear |
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22 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South |
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3 | 15 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Double Happiness |
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1 | 29 | — | — | — | — |
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| Out in the Blue |
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3 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Rhythm and the Blues |
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1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Rage and Ruin |
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3 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
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| 30:30 Hindsight |
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1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Soul Searchin' |
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Och Aye the G'nu (with The Wiggles) |
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34 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| My Criminal Record | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Flesh and Blood |
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1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Blue Christmas |
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Defiant |
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1 [35] |
— | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Detail | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | ||
| Working Class Boy |
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3 |
Reissued albums
| Title | Detail | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | ||
| Soul Deep 30 |
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1 [37] |
Live albums
| Titles | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][4][38] |
NZ [5] | |||||||||||
| Barnestorming |
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1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Raw |
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57 | — | |||||||||
| Live (Unplugged) at the Chapel |
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— | — | |||||||||
| Soul Deeper – Live at the Basement |
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— | — | |||||||||
| Ride the Night Away – Live Shepherds Bush Empire 2001 (Europe only) |
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N/a | N/a | |||||||||
| Live at the Sydney Opera House – Max Sessions |
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— | — | |||||||||
| Live at the Enmore |
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— | — | |||||||||
| Modus Operandi |
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48 | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][4] |
NZ [5] | |||||||||||
| Barnes Hits Anthology (also known as Hits and The Best of... Anthology) |
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1 | 3 | |||||||||
| In the Heat of the Night (New Zealand only release) |
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N/a | — | |||||||||
| Best of the Soul Years |
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3 | — |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Box sets
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][4][43] | ||||||||||||
| The Soul Sessions |
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23 | ||||||||||
| JB50 |
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147 | ||||||||||
| Soul Searchin: 7in Singles Box |
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— | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][4][44] |
NZ [5] |
US [45] |
US Rock [45] |
CAN [46] |
UK [47][9] |
IRE [48] | ||||||||
| 1984 | "No Second Prize" | 12 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Bodyswerve | ||||
| "Promise Me You'll Call" | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1985 | "Daylight" | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
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For the Working Class Man | |||||
| "Working Class Man" | 5 | 36 | 74 | 22 | — | — | — |
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| 1986 | "Ride the Night Away" | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Good Times" (INXS & Jimmy Barnes) |
2 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 74 | 18 | 23 |
|
The Lost Boys (soundtrack) | |||||
| 1987 | "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" | 1 | 4 | 91 | 3 | — | — | — | Freight Train Heart | |||||
| 1988 | "Driving Wheels" | 12 | 19 | — | 38 | — | — | — |
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| "I'm Still on Your Side" | 29 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Waitin' for the Heartache" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "When a Man Loves a Woman" (live) | 3 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Barnestorming | |||||
| 1989 | "Last Frontier" (live) | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1990 | "Lay Down Your Guns" | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Two Fires | ||||
| "Let's Make It Last All Night" | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Little Darling" | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1991 | "When Your Love Is Gone" | 7 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Love Is Enough" | 48 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "I Gotcha" | 6 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Soul Deep | |||||
| "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (Jimmy Barnes & John Farnham) |
3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1992 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | 28 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "(Simply) The Best" (Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes) |
14 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Simply the Best | |||||
| 1993 | "Sweat It Out" | 11 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | Heat | |||||
| "Stand Up" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Stone Cold" | 4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Right by Your Side" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "The Weight" (Jimmy Barnes & The Badloves) |
6 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Flesh and Wood | |||||
| 1994 | "You Can't Make Love Without a Soul" | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Still Got a Long Way to Go" (Jimmy Barnes & Diesel) |
57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "It Will Be Alright" | 129 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1995 | "Change of Heart" | 17 | 31 | — | — | — | 154 | — | Psyclone | |||||
| "Come Undone" (solo or with The Pilgrims) |
103 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Every Beat" | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1996 | "Lover Lover" | 6 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | Hits Anthology | |||||
| 1997 | "Never Give You Up"/"Tear My Heart Out"/"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |||||
| 1998 | "Working Class Man (98)" | 187 | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |||||
| 1999 | "Love and Hate" | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love and Fear | |||||
| "Thankful for the Rain" | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2000 | "Chain of Fools" | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South | |||||
| "Land of 1000 Dances" / "To Love Somebody" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2002 | "Higher" (Jimmy Barnes & Gary Pinto) |
80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Double Happiness | |||||
| 2005 | "Sit on My Knee" (Jimmy Barnes & Dallas Crane) |
14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Gonna Take Some Time" (Jimmy Barnes & Mahalia Barnes) |
31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2006 | "Bird on a Wire" (Jimmy Barnes & Troy Cassar-Daley & Bella) |
59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Out of Time" (Jimmy Barnes & Tim Rogers) |
50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2007 | "Out in the Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Out in the Blue | |||||
| "Better Off Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Out in the Blue" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live at the Sydney Opera House – Max Sessions | ||||||
| 2008 | "Blue Hotel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Out in the Blue | |||||
| "I Can't Tell You Why" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (David Campbell & Jimmy Barnes) |
—[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Good Lovin' | ||||||
| 2009 | "Red Hot" / "A Fool in Love" | 159 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Rhythm and the Blues | |||||
| 2010 | "That's How It Is (When You're in Love)"[52] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"[53] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rage and Ruin | ||||||
| "God or Money"[54] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2011 | "Largs Pier Hotel"[55] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2014 | "Lay Down Your Guns"[56] (featuring The Living End) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30:30 Hindsight | |||||
| "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight"[57] (featuring Diesel) |
93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2016 | "Who Was I Foolin'?"[58] (with Lachy Doley) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lovelight | |||||
| 2017 | "Big Enough" (Kirin J. Callinan featuring Alex Cameron, Molly Lewis & Jimmy Barnes) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bravado | |||||
| 2019 | "My Criminal Record"[59] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | My Criminal Record | |||||
| "Shutting Down Our Town" | —[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "I Won't Let You Down" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2020 | "Killing Time" (with Australian Chamber Orchestra)[62] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Silent Night"[63] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2021 | "Flesh and Blood"[32] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Flesh and Blood | |||||
| "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (with Paul Field)[64] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Loves Songs for Lonely People | ||||||
| "'Til the Next Time"[65] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Flesh and Blood | ||||||
| "Gateway to Your Heart"[66] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Around in Circles"[67] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2022 | "Soothe Me" (featuring Sam Moore)[36] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soul Deep 30 | |||||
| "Do You Love Me" (With Josh Teskey)[68] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Blue Christmas"[33] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue Christmas | ||||||
| 2023 | "If Santa Forgets" (with The Tin Lids)[69] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue Christmas (Expanded edition) | |||||
| "Black and Blue" (with Joe Bonamassa)[70] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mushroom: Fifty Years of Making Noise (Reimagined) | ||||||
| 2024 | "Comin' Up" (with Y.O.G.A.)[71] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2025 | "New Day" / "Beyond the River Bend"[72] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Defiant | |||||
| "The Long Road"[73] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Defiant"[74] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "That's What You Do for Love"[75] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Brother of Mine" (with Swanee and Alan Barnes)[76] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Believe | ||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional releases
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Gonna See My Baby Tonight" (Jimmy Barnes & Nathan Cavaleri) |
In September 1993 Cavaleri and Barnes released a cover version of the La De Da's' single, "Gonna See My Baby Tonight". Fifty thousand promotional copies were included as give-aways in Uncle Tobys breakfast cereal boxes.[77] |
| 2001 | "Good Times" (live) / "Ride the Night Away" (live) (Jimmy Barnes & Bon Jovi) |
Recorded live on 24 March 2001 at Colonial Stadium in Melbourne, Australia and sold online via Barnes website. |
| 2017 | "High Voltage (Tribute to George and Malcolm Young)" (live) | Recorded live at the 2017 ARIA Awards. Released digitally |
Other albums
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Euro Summer '94
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| 2003 | Live at the Basement |
| 2004 | Living Loud
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| 2006 | Live at Lizottes
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| 2008 | Live
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| 2013 | Welcome to the Pleasure House
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| 2021 | Skin and Bone (The Flesh and Blood Demos) (featuring Diesel)
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Videos and DVDs
| Title | Detail | Peak chart positions | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | |||
| Take One – The Videos |
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N/a |
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| Take Two – The Videos |
|
N/a | |
| Soul Deep – Live at the Palais |
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N/a | |
| Flesh and Wood |
|
N/a | |
| Barnes Hits – Video Anthology |
|
29[C] |
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| Soul Deeper – Live at the Basement |
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| Raw / Live in Australia |
|
5 | |
| Unplugged: Live at the Chapel |
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| Hits |
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| Hits + |
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| Concert Box |
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| Max Sessions: Live at the Sydney Opera House |
|
11 | |
| Live at the Enmore |
|
12 | |
| 30 Years of Jimmy Barnes – The Rockumentary |
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Other appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Laying Down the Law" (with INXS) |
1987 | The Lost Boys (soundtrack) |
| "If Santa Forgets"" (with Tin Lids) |
1991 | Hey Rudolph! |
| "Working Class Man" | 1993 | Triple M Cordless |
| "Catch Your Shadow" | ||
| "The Toilet" | 1995 | I Can Do That! |
| "Merry Christmas Everybody" | The Spirit of Christmas 1995 | |
| "Rain" (live) | 1998 | Good Vibrations – A Concert for Marc Hunter – The Live Event |
| "Working Class Man" (live) | Mushroom 25 Live | |
| "Lover Lover" (live) | ||
| "The Loved One" (live) (with INXS) | ||
| "Good Times" (live) (with INXS) | ||
| "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" | The Spirit of Christmas 1998 | |
| "Good Time Tonight" (with Bon Jovi) |
2001 | Crush Down Under |
| "Ride the Night Away" (with Bon Jovi) | ||
| "Dancing Queen" | Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge | |
| "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (live) | A Night Out... Live at the Basement | |
| "I Put a Spell on You" (live) | 2002 | Live at the Basement Vol. 2 |
| "I'd Die To Be With You Tonight" (live) | Cold Live at the Chapel 3 | |
| "Flame Trees" (live) | ||
| "When a Blind Man Cries" (with Jon Jord) |
2003 | The Spirit of Christmas Vol. 1 2003 |
| "What a Wonderful World" | 2005 | The Spirit of Christmas 2005 |
| "Gonna Take Some Time" (with Mahalia Barnes) |
2006 | RocKwiz Duets |
| "River Deep Mountain High" (live) | 2007 | Rock the Millennium[D] |
| "Working Class Man" (live) | ||
| "Heart of Stone" (with The Hoochie Coochie Men and Jon Lord) |
Danger. White Men Dancing | |
| "The Hoochie Coochie Man" (with The Hoochie Coochie Men and Jon Lord) | ||
| "Silent Night" (with The Choir of Hard Knocks) |
The Spirit of Christmas 2007 | |
| "Monkey Man" (live) (with Glenn Hughes) |
2008 | Music for the Divine |
| "Everything Love Is" (with Olivia Newton-John) |
A Celebration in Song | |
| "Motherfigure" (with Stevie Wright) |
Easy Fever – A Tribute to The Easybeats and Stevie Wright | |
| "Hurt" | Caution: Life Ahead | |
| "Out in the Blue" (live) | A Day on the Green (The Vintage Years 2001-2008) | |
| "You Make Me Feel Brand New" (with Tex Perkins) |
No.1's and No.2's | |
| "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (with Ian Moss) |
2009 | Soul on West 53rd |
| "Blue Hotel" (live) | 2010 | A Day on the Green – Celebrating 10 Years |
| "Shake Rattle and Roll" (live) | Byron Bay Bluesfest 2010 | |
| "Bird on a Wire" (live) (with Troy Cassar-Daley |
Troy Cassar-Daley Live | |
| "Message to My Girl" | He Will Have His Way – The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn | |
| "Have Love, Will Travel" (with Diesel) |
2011 | Under the Influence |
| "Never Give You Up" | Floodlight – Barnes Family Songs for Flood Relief | |
| "When Two Hearts Collide" (with Kasey Chambers) | ||
| "I've Seen It All" | ||
| "Around the World" (with David Campbell and Mahalia Barnes) | ||
| "Love Me Tender" (with David Campbell and Mahalia Barnes) | ||
| "If I Needed You" (with Kasey Chambers) |
Storybook | |
| "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" (with Joe Bonamassa) |
2012 | Driving Towards the Daylight |
| "Lazy" (with Joe Bonamassa) |
Re-Machined a Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head | |
| "Ain't That a Shame" (with Lil' Band o' Gold) |
Play Fats | |
| "Please Come Home for Christmas" | 2013 | The Spirit of Christmas 2013 |
| "Two Weeks On, Two Weeks Off" (with Troy Cassar-Daley) |
2015 | Freedom Ride |
| "Empty Heart" (with The Dead Daisies) |
Revolución | |
| "Itchy Fingers (Jimmy's Sea Shanty)" (with The Wiggles) |
2017 | The Wiggles Duets |
| "When You're Ready" (with Tina Arena) |
Greatest Hits & Interpretations | |
| "Who Was I Foolin'?" (with The Lachy Doley Group and Nathan Cavaleri) |
Lovelight | |
| "Ring of Fire" (with Johnny Kannis) |
Cover to Cover | |
| "Edge of Reality" (with The Hitmen) |
Solid as a Rock: The Best of | |
| "Khe Sahn" (live) | 2018 | Countdown: Live at The Sydney Opera House |
| "Flame Trees" (live) | ||
| "Working Class Man" (live) | ||
| "Good Times" (live) (with Mahalia Barnes) | ||
| "Ride the Nite Away" (live) (with Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul |
2019 | Summer of Sorcery Live! At The Beacon Theatre |
| "Sun City" (live) (with Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul and Peter Garrett | ||
| "Working Class Man" (with Diesel) |
2020 | Music from the Home Front |
| "After it's Over" (with Gölä) |
Hour of the Thief | |
| "Black Bess" (with Kasey Chambers) |
Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody[84] | |
| "Gotcha Money on Yr Mind" (with Davie Lane) |
'Don't Bank Your Heart on It | |
| "Brother of Mine" (with Swanee and Alan Barnes) | 2025 | Believe |
| "Dark End of the Street" (with Swanee) | ||
Notes
- "Shutting Down Our Town" did not enter the ARIA Singles Chart, but peaked at number 35 on the ARIA Digital Track Chart.[60]
- Barnes Hits – Video Anthology entered the chart in 2003
- Recorded in Sydney on 31 December 1999, released in 2007 on CD and DVD