Sam Sparro discography
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Sam Sparro, the Australian-born pop, dance, house, and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and remix engineer, has released three studio albums. His eponymous debut album, Sam Sparro, released through both Modus Vivendi and Island Records, has been certified Gold. His second album, Return to Paradise was released with EMI. He has released two mixtapes. On 5 August 2013 Sparro released the mixtape Mechanical. to his SoundCloud account to promote his upcoming extended play, Quantum Physical, Vol. 1.[1] Love Made Me Do It was released via his SoundCloud account on 13 February 2015.[2] Sparro has released five extended plays. His first extended play Black + Gold was released by Modus Vivendi Music in January 2007. London Festival '08 was first released on 1 January 2008 with Island Records.[3] Sparro released his third extended play, Pink Cloud, as a free download to promote his then upcoming second album before a number of release push-backs.[4][5] He released Quantum Physical, Vol. 1 independently on 1 October 2014.[6] On 16 October 2015 Sparro released the second volume of Quantum Physical with Intuit Records.[7]
Studio albums3
EPs7
Singles21
Music videos17
| Sam Sparro discography | |
|---|---|
 Sparro performing in 2009 | |
| Studio albums | 3 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Singles | 21 |
| Music videos | 17 |
| Promotional singles | 5 |
| Mixtapes | 2 |
| Remixes | 17 |
As a lead artist, Sparro has released ten singles and five Promotional Singles. His most successful single, "Black and Gold", garnered him a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording in 2009. The single "Happiness" was certified Platinum in Belgium. The single "21st Century Life" also experienced some commercial success following the release of "Black and Gold" in 2008, and in Belgium his song "Yellow Orange Rays" charted following the release of "Happiness". The single "Pocket" also charted in Australia. Sparro has also been featured on four singles, including songs by Beni, Mason (with DMC), and Plastic Plates; the most notable being "Feelings Gone" from Basement Jaxx's fifth studio album, Scars. On 13 August 2013 he released the single "Hang on 2 Your Love" with Durand Bernarr from his extended play Quantum Physical, Vol. 1.[8] On 31 July 2015 he released the single "Hands Up" from his extended play Quantum Physical, Vol. 2,[9] with a remix single following on 25 September.[10]
Sparro has also made numerous other album appearances through featured vocal performances, remix engineering, songwriting, and production. Sparro has written 3 songs with Adam Lambert that have appeared on Lambert's albums, For Your Entertainment, Glam Nation Live, and Trespassing, and two songs with Courtney Act which appeared on his extended play Kaleidoscope. He has remixed songs for Kimbra, OK Go, Livvi Franc, Sky Ferreira, Miami Horror, Penguin Prison, Lolene, Saint Motel, O'Spada, and Love Grenades. Cameo Lover, the song Sparro remixed for Kimbra, has been featured as a bonus track on her Platinum selling debut album, Vows.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [11] |
AUT [12] |
BEL (Fl) [13] |
IRE [14] |
UK [15] |
US Dance [16] |
US Heat [17] | |||
| Sam Sparro |
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23 | 59 | 94 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |
| Return to Paradise |
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41 | — | 35 | — | 200 | — | — | |
| Boombox Eternal |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes that the release did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Mixtapes
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Mechanical. |
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| Love Made Me Do It |
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Extended plays
| Title | Album details | PCP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz [20] | |||
| Black + Gold[21] | — | ||
| London Festival '08 |
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| Pink Cloud | — | ||
| Quantum Physical, Vol. 1 |
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— | |
| Quantum Physical, Vol. 2 | — | ||
| Quantum Physical, Vol. 3: Conspiracy |
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— | |
| Christmas in Blue |
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25 | |
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [11] |
AUT [12] |
BEL (Fl) [13][27] |
IRE [14] |
ITA [28] |
DEN [29] |
NZ [30] |
POL [31] |
UK [15] |
US Dance [32] | ||||
| "Cottonmouth" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sam Sparro | |
| "Black and Gold" | 2008 | 4 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 12 | — | 2 | 12 | ||
| "21st Century Life" | 42 | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | |||
| "Pocket" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Pink Cloud" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pink Cloud[35] | |
| "Happiness" | 2012 | — | — | 1 | — | 16 | — | — | 3 | — | — | Return to Paradise | |
| "I Wish I Never Met You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Yellow Orange Rays"[37] | — | — | 124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hang on 2 Your Love" (featuring Durand Bernarr)[38] | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Quantum Physical, Vol. 1 | |
| "Hands Up"[39] | 2015 | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Quantum Physical, Vol. 2 | |
| "Pharma Karma"[40] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Quantum Physical, Vol. 3: Conspiracy | |
| "Outside the Blue" (featuring We are King)[41] | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Boombox Eternal | |
| "Everything"[42] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Eye 2 Eye"[43][44] | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Christmas Time Is Here (Live)"[45] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-Album Singles | ||
| "Like a Ghost"[46] (with Nomi Ruiz) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes that the release did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
As a featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Fl) Dance [47] |
BEL (Wa) Dance [48] |
UK [49] | |||
| "Feelings Gone" (with Basement Jaxx) |
2009 | — | — | 122 | Scars |
| "Maximus" (with Beni) |
16 | 16 | — | Maximus - EP[50] | |
| "Corrected" (with Mason and DMC) |
2010 | — | — | — | They Are Among Us |
| "Stay in Love" (with Plastic Plates)[51] |
2014 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Bump In The Night" (with Lliam + Latroit)[52] |
2016 | — | — | — | |
| "Your Man" (with Thanks)[53] |
— | — | — | ||
| "Back to the Rhythm" (with Luke Million) |
2017 | — | — | — | Come Together - EP[54] |
| "Look Ahead (Extended Mix)" (with Honey Dijon & Tim K)[55] |
— | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Stars" (with Miss Honey Dijon)[56] |
2018 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "The Avenue" (with Sjae)[57] |
2019 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Spinning" (with Cakes da Killa and Proper Villians)[58] |
2021 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Here Comes The Rain Again" (with Jef Neve)[59] |
2023 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes that the release did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Promotional singles
Other appearances
The following have been officially released, but are not featured on a main release by Sparro.
| Title | Year | Album | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Pencilhead" (with DJ Circle) |
2006 | Groovin' Through Munich - EP |
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| "Sally" (The Soul Warriors ElectroFunk Remix) | 2007 | Modus Vivendi Music, Vol. 2 |
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| "American Boy" | 2008 |
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| "Under The Bus" (with Lolene) |
2010 | The Electrick Hotel | |||
| "Black N Gold" (with Wale) |
More About Nothing - Mixtape |
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| "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" (with Lyrics Born) |
As U Were |
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| "Breath in" (with Chris Falson[a]) |
2011 | Rescue Me |
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| "Shine" (with Chris Falson) | |||||
| "The Third of the Storms" (with Mike Simonetti) |
Capricorn Rising |
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| "Aculpoco" (with Mike Simonetti) | |||||
| "End Is The Beginning" (with The Bottletop Band) |
Dream Service |
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| "Your Body" (with Beni) |
House of Beni |
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| "High Off Your Love" (with Beni) |
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| "Shady" (with Adam Lambert and Nile Rodgers) |
2012 | Trespassing |
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| "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" (Party Ben Remix) (with Lyrics Born) |
As U Were (Remixes) | ||||
| "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" (Mocean Worker Remix) (with Lyrics Born) | |||||
| "When They Say They Want Our America Back, What the Fuck Do They Mean?" (with Jill Sobule) |
2013 | Junior Executive |
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| "Glow in the Dark" (with The Bloody Beetroots) |
Hide |
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| "Out of My Mind" (with Droid Bishop[b]) |
2014 | Beyond the Blue | |||
| "If I Can't Have You" (with Kylie Minogue) |
2015 | Kylie + Garibay |
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| "Touch Back" (with Fare Soldi) |
2016 | 21+ | |||
| "My Soul is Rising" (with Chris Falson[a] and Rhythm Gospel & Blues) |
You Got Wings |
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| "Glow of Love" (with Paul Harris) |
Non-album single |
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| "Losing Sleep" (with Star Slinger) |
We Could Be More – EP | ||||
| "Like A Drug" (with Tough Love) |
2017 | Non-album single | |||
| "Caterpillar" (with Jef Neve) |
Spirit Control | ||||
| "Last Forever" (with Oliver) |
Full Circle |
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| "Look Ahead" (with Honey Dijon & Tim K) |
The Best of Both Worlds | ||||
| "Sticky Situations" (with Alice Ivy) |
2024 | Do What Majes You Happy |
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| Unless otherwise specified, song credits are adapted from the liner notes of the albums from which songs originally appear. | |||||
Special releases
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Soles of Fire" | 2009 | Released as a member of "Chauffeur", a short lived musical group consisting of singer Sam Sparro, rapper Theophilus London, & producer Mark Ronson. Both singles were released exclusively to limited edition vinyl pressings only available with the purchase of Mark Ronson and Gucci's shoe collaboration.[97] |
| "Glamorous Life" | ||
| "Ninja" (with Ricki-Lee) |
2012 | Sparro and Ricki-Lee co-wrote the song together. They creating it by communicating through the Samsung Galaxy Note II. The song was used to promote the Note II at its launch event in Sydney Australia on 14 November 2012.[98] |
| "Get Lucky" | 2013 | Cover of song by Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams, the song was released to Sparro's SoundCloud and YouTube accounts.[99] |
| "Spread a Little Love" | Originally written and produced by Sparro for Lexus's December to Remember 2013 ad campaign, it was released by the company in a promotional music video and for free download on Sparro's SoundCloud account.[100][101] | |
| "Rock the Boat" | 2015 | Cover of the song by Aaliyah, the song was released to Sparro's SoundCloud account on 2 January 2015.[102] |
| "Night Games" | Song performed and written with Steed Lord, the song was exclusively released by BlackBook on 17 November 2015.[103] |
Remixes
| Title | Year | Artist | Album(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Young Lovers" (Sam Sparro Edit) | 2007 | Love Grenades | Modus Vivendi Music, Vol. 2[63] |
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| 2008 | Tigers in the Fire - EP[104] | |||
| "Now I'm That Bitch" (Sam Sparro Remix) [Explicit] | 2009 | Livvi Franc | Now I'm That Bitch (Remixes) - EP[105] |
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| "Now I'm That Chick" (Sam Sparro Remix) [Edited] | ||||
| "Now I'm That Bitch" (Sam Sparro & Golden Extended Mix) [Explicit] | Special SoundCloud Release[106] | |||
| "Feelings Gone" (Sam Sparro Remix) | Basement Jaxx (featuring Sam Sparro) |
Feelings Gone – Digital Single[107] |
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| "Sexy People" (Sam Sparro & Golden's Starlight Mix) | Lolene | Sexy People[108][109] |
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| "Sexy People" (Sam Sparro & Golden's Starlight Dub) | ||||
| "Sexy People" (Sam Sparro & Golden's Starlight Radio Edit) | ||||
| "Walking On A Line" (Sam Sparro Remix) | Pony Pony Run Run | N/a |
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| "Pay Off" (Sam Sparro & Golden WERQ remix) | 2010 | O'Spada | Digital Single[110] |
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| "Dear Dictator" (Sam Sparro Remix) | Saint Motel | N/a |
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| "Obsession" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Club Mix) | Sky Ferreira | Obsession (The Remixes) - US Promo EP[111] |
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| "Obsession" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Dub) | ||||
| "Obsession" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Radio Mix) | ||||
| "White Knuckles" (Sam Sparro Remix) | OK Go | White Knuckles - EP[112] |
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| "Holidays" (Sam Sparro and Golden Touch Remix) (featuring Alan Palomo) |
Miami Horror | Holidays - EP[113] |
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| "Golden Train" (Sam Sparro Remix) | 2011 | Penguin Prison | Golden Train[114] |
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| "Cameo Lover" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Remix) | Kimbra | Vows (iTunes Deluxe Version)[114] |
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| Settle Down - EP[115] | ||||
| "Burn It Down" (Sam Sparro Remix) | 2012 | Ricki-Lee | N/a |
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| "To Dust" (Sam Sparro Remix) | 2013 | Alice Russell | To Dust/I Loved You – Single[116] | |
| "Hair & Makeup" (Sam Sparro Gorgeous Mix) | 2014 | Trinidad Senolia | Postcards From Strangers Remixes – EP[117] |
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Writing and production credits
Music
The following have been written and/or produced by Sparro for other artists.
| Title | Year | Album | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "VooDoo" (Adam Lambert) |
2009 | For Your Entertainment |
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| 2011 | Glam Nation Live | ||||
| "Everybody Loves You When You Are Dead" (Nikka Costa) |
Pro Whoa – promo |
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| "Broken English" (Adam Lambert) |
2012 | Trespassing |
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| "Kaleidoscope" (Courtney Act) |
2015 | Kaleidoscope – EP | |||
| "Body Parts" (Courtney Act) |
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| "Automatic" (Zhu featuring AlunaGeorge) |
Genesis Series | ||||
| "Lick My Lips" (Katharine McPhee) |
Hysteria |
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| "Shadows" (Kim Anh) |
Non-album single |
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| "Face to Face" (Little Boots) |
2016 | Afterhours – EP[127] |
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| "Let Me Down Slowly" (Tinashe) |
2021 | 333 |
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| "Your Name" (Shea Couleé) |
2022 | 8 |
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| "Like a Ghost" (Nomi Ruiz) |
To Be Announced |
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| Song credits adapted from the liner notes of the albums from which they appear unless otherwise noted. | |||||
Unpublished
The following are songs that have been written and/or produced by Sparro but remain unpublished.
| Label | Song | Co-Writer(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soul69 | "Fork In Road" / "Can't Be" | None | [c] |
| "He's Just Not That Into You" / "Something's Queer" | None | [c] | |
| "Love Is What We Need" / "Wait" | None | [c] | |
| "Ooh" | None | [c] | |
| "Sing" / "I'm Gonna Sing" | None | [c] | |
| "What In The World" / "How It Used To Be" | None | [c] | |
| EMI | "Break the Law" | None | [c] |
| "Devil Distracted Me" | Falson, James Bowan[b] | [c] | |
| "Easy" | None | [c] | |
| "I'm Not OK" | DeStefano, Chris | [c] | |
| Stevens, Shane | [c] | ||
| "Misguided" | None | [c] | |
| "Monster" | None | [c] | |
| "That Was Really Fun" | None | [c] | |
| "Use Your Imagination" | None | [c] | |
| "We Love It" | Kurstin, Greg | [c] | |
| "Where Do We Go" | None | [c] | |
| unknown | "Last Night" (with Róisín Murphy) |
unknown | [131] |
| Pulse | "On The Side" | Cunningham, Ruth-Anne | [c] |
| "Take Love" | Cunningham, Ruth-Anne | [c] | |
Television and film
The following are original compositions written and/or produced by Sparro for use in television and film.
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| "Bargain Hunt-BG Cues" | Background cues written/produced by Sparro and Jesse Rogg for the BBC program Bargain Hunt.[132] |
| "Daily 10-BG Cues" | Background cues written/produced by Sparro for the E! program Daily 10.[133] |
| "Got To Dance-BG Cues" | Background cues written/produced by Sparro and Jesse Rogg for the Sky One program Got To Dance.[134] |
| "Style Star-BG Cues" | Background cues written/produced by Sparro for the Style Network program Style Star.[135] |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Cottonmouth" | 2007 | Mariah Garnett[136][137] |
| "Black and Gold" (version one) | 2008 | |
| "Black and Gold" (version two) | AlexandLiane[138] | |
| "21st Century Life" | Mariah Garnett[139] | |
| "Pink Cloud" | 2010 | Franc Fernandez[140] |
| "The Shallow End" | 2012 | Unknown[141] |
| "Happiness" | Mike Rosenthal[142][143] | |
| "I Wish I Never Met You" | ||
| "Hang On 2 Your Love" | 2014 | Unknown[144] |
| "Spread a Little Love" | 2020 | Unknown[145] |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Young Lovers" (Sam Sparro Edit) (with Love Grenades) |
2008 | Unknown[146] |
| "Feelings Gone" (with Basement Jaxx) |
Andy Soup[147] | |
| "Maximus" (with Beni) |
2009 | Rhett and Warran[148] |
| "Dear Dictator (Sam Sparro Remix)" (with Saint Motel) |
2010 | Saint Motel[149] |
| "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" (with Lyrics Born) |
Yoram Benz[150] | |
| "The Third of the Storms" (with Mike Simonetti) |
Mike Simonetti & Generato[151] | |
| "Stay In Love" (with Plastic Plates) |
2014 | Unknown[152] |
Other music video appearances
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Young Lovers" (Love Grenades) |
2008 | Steve Lee[153] |
