Rick Springfield discography
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The discography of Australian rock musician Rick Springfield consists of 22 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, five live albums, 34 singles, and 11 music videos. In 1995, Springfield formed a side-project, Sahara Snow, with Tim Pierce on guitar and Bob Marlette on keyboards and percussion, which released a self-titled studio album in 1997.[1] In 2021, he formed a similar side project with the Red Locusts.
Studio albums22
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums5
Compilation albums12
| Rick Springfield discography | |
|---|---|
Springfield in 2010 | |
| Studio albums | 22 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 12 |
| Singles | 34 |
| Music videos | 11 |
| No. 1 singles (US) | 1 |
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2][3] |
CAN | US [4] | |||
| Beginnings | 15 | 23 | 35 | ||
| Comic Book Heroes |
|
54 | — | — | |
| Mission Magic! |
|
97 | — | — | |
| Wait for Night | — | — | 159 | ||
| Working Class Dog |
|
33 | 33 | 7 | |
| Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet |
|
28 | 6 | 2 | |
| Living in Oz |
|
45 | 20 | 12 | |
| Hard to Hold |
|
87 | 29 | 16 | |
| Beautiful Feelings | — | — | 78 | ||
| Tao |
|
85 | 50 | 21 |
|
| Rock of Life |
|
— | 66 | 55 | |
| Karma |
|
— | — | 189 | |
| Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance |
|
— | — | — | |
| The Day After Yesterday |
|
— | — | 197 | |
| Christmas with You |
|
— | — | — | |
| Venus in Overdrive |
|
— | — | 28 | |
| My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation |
|
— | — | — | |
| Songs for the End of the World |
|
— | — | 44 | |
| Rocket Science[7] |
|
— | — | 69 | |
| The Snake King |
|
— | — | — | |
| Orchestrating My Life |
|
— | — | — | |
| Springfield | — | — | — | ||
| Automatic |
|
— | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
With Sahara Snow
With The Red Locusts
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Red Locusts[8][9] |
|
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Greatest Hits | |
| Best Of |
|
| Rick Springfield (The Encore Collection) |
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| The Best of Rick Springfield |
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| Anthology (Australia only) |
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| VH1 Behind the Music: The Rick Springfield Collection |
|
| The Best of Rick Springfield |
|
| Platinum & Gold Collection: Rick Springfield (2003)
Collections (2006) |
|
| Written in Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology (2005)
The Essential Rick Springfield (2011) |
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| We Are the '80s (2006) |
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| The Early Sound City Sessions |
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| Super Hits |
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| From the Vault |
|
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Greatest Hits...Alive |
|
| Live in Rockford |
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| Live and Kickin' |
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| Stripped Down[10] |
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| Orchestrating My Life: Live |
|
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] |
CAN | CAN AC | UK [11] |
US [12] |
US AC [13] |
US Main. [14] |
GER | ||||
| "Speak to the Sky" | 1971 | 6 | 10 | 8 | — | 14 | 16 | — | — | Beginnings | |
| "Hooky Jo" | 1972 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "What Would the Children Think?" | 38 | — | 4 | — | 70 | — | — | — | |||
| "I'm Your Superman" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Comic Book Heroes | |
| "Believe in Me" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Streaking the Australian Way" | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Mission Magic!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mission Magic! | ||
| "American Girls" | — | 74 | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Take a Hand" | 1976 | — | 56 | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | Wait for Night | |
| "Million Dollar Face" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Jessica" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Treat Me Gently in the Morning" | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Archangel" | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bruce" | 1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Jessie's Girl" | 1981 | 1 | 6 | — | 43[E] | 1 | — | 10 | — | Working Class Dog | |
| "I've Done Everything for You" | 31 | 40 | 19 | — | 8 | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Is Alright Tonite" | — | 26 | — | — | 20 | — | 40 | — | |||
| "Don't Talk to Strangers" | 1982 | 10 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 30 | 11 | — | Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet | |
| "Calling All Girls" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | |||
| "What Kind of Fool Am I" | — | 41 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | |||
| "I Get Excited" | — | 42 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | |||
| "Affair of the Heart" | 1983 | 26 | 11 | — | — | 9 | — | 23 | — | Living in Oz | |
| "Human Touch" | 92 | — | — | 23 | 18 | — | 34 | — | |||
| "Me & Johnny" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Souls" | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Somebody" | 1984 | 83 | 13 | — | 95 | 5 | — | 13 | 23 | Hard to Hold | |
| "Don't Walk Away" | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | 41 | — | |||
| "Bop 'Til You Drop" | — | 70 | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | |||
| "Taxi Dancing (Duet with Randy Crawford)/[B-side of "Bop 'Til You Drop"]" | — | — | 15 | — | 59 | 16 | — | — | |||
| "Bruce" [Re-release] | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | Beautiful Feelings | ||
| "Celebrate Youth" | 1985 | — | 39 | — | 80 | 26 | — | — | 5 | Tao | |
| "State of the Heart" | — | 75 | — | 145 | 22 | — | — | 44 | |||
| "Dance This World Away" [France, Germany, Japan only] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Rock of Life" | 1988 | 92 | 28 | — | 83 | 22 | — | 45 | — | Rock of Life | |
| "Honeymoon in Beirut" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "It's Always Something" | 1999 | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | Karma | |
| "Beautiful You" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance | |
| "Broken Wings" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | The Day After Yesterday | |
| "What's Victoria's Secret" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Venus in Overdrive | |
| "I Hate Myself"[16] | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Songs for the End of the World | |
| "Light This Party Up"[17] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rocket Science | |
| "Down"[18] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Little Demon"[19] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Snake King | |
| "In the Land of the Blind"[20] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Jessie's Girl" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Orchestrating My Life | |
| "Automatic" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Automatic | |
| "She Walks With the Angels" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Exit Wound" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Ain't Cool (Sha Doo Wup)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lose Myself" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Big Hits: Rick Springfield's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | |
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "Jessie's Girl" [Live Version] | Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV[21] |
| 2013 | "The Man That Never Was" with Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear | Sound City: Real to Reel |
Notes
- A ^ Wait for Night was originally released on Chelsea Records in 1976. It was re-released by RCA Records in 1982 and peaked on the Billboard 200 in 1983.[4]
- B ^ Beautiful Feelings was originally recorded in 1978 but was not issued at that time. Mercury Records re-recorded the instrumentation and released it in late 1984 without Springfield's approval.[22] It peaked on the Billboard 200 in 1985.[4] In 1980, "Bruce" had been released by Springfield as a non-album single; it became the lead track of the album and was re-issued by Mercury Records by December 1984.[22] The original 1978 recordings were released by Springfield in 2007 as The Early Sound City Sessions.
- C ^ Greatest Hits was released by Evergreen Records in 1988 as a CD with ten tracks. RCA Records issued a twelve-track compilation of the same name in 1989 as a CD and LP.
- D ^ Springfield was originally supposed to be released in 1974, however Columbia decided to cancel it after it was complete. It would be released to the public on May 12, 2023.[23]
- E ^ "Jessie's Girl" did not chart in the UK until 1984, when it was re-released following the success of "Human Touch".