| Randy Newman discography | |
|---|---|
 Newman at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2008 | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Soundtrack albums | 23 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Singles | 12 |
| Video albums | 2 |
American musician Randy Newman has released eleven solo studio albums, two live albums, six compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs), 15 singles, one musical, and 23 soundtrack albums.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
AUS |
AUT |
BEL |
CAN |
GER |
NL |
SWI |
UK | |||
| Randy Newman |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 Songs |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sail Away |
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163 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Good Old Boys |
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36 | — | — | — | 58 | — | 7 | — | — | |
| Little Criminals |
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9 | 29 | — | — | 9 | — | 3 | — | — |
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| Born Again |
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41 | 65 | 23 | — | 81 | — | 23 | — | — | |
| Trouble in Paradise | * Released: January 17, 1983
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64 | — | 8 | — | — | 33 | 9 | — | — | |
| Land of Dreams |
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80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | |
| Bad Love |
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194 | — | — | 43 | — | 52 | 30 | — | — | |
| Harps and Angels |
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30 | — | 29 | 13 | — | 25 | 10 | 25 | 46 | |
| Dark Matter |
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106 | — | 35 | 13 | — | 48 | 8 | 20 | 61 | |
Songbooks
New solo studio recordings of previously issued compositions.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
BEL |
NL | |||
| The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 |
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— | — | — | |
| The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 |
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— | 92 | 53 | |
| The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3 |
|
— | 111 | — | |
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
NL | |||
| Randy Newman Live |
|
191 | – | |
| Live in London |
|
– | 77 | |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | |||
| Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman |
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– | |
| Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman |
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– | |
| The Best of Randy Newman |
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– | |
| On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman |
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– | |
| The Randy Newman Songbook |
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– |
Musical
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | |||
| Randy Newman's Faust |
|
– |
Soundtracks
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
FRA |
SPA | |||
| Peyton Place |
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— | — | — | |
| Cold Turkey |
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— | — | — | |
| Ragtime |
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— | — | — | |
| The Natural |
|
202 | — | — | |
| Parenthood |
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— | — | — | |
| Avalon |
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— | — | — | |
| Awakenings |
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— | — | — | |
| The Paper |
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— | — | — | |
| Maverick |
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— | — | — | |
| Toy Story |
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94 | — | — | |
| James and the Giant Peach |
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— | — | — | |
| Michael |
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— | — | — | |
| A Bug's Life |
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— | — | — | |
| Pleasantville |
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— | — | — | |
| Toy Story 2 |
|
111 | — | — | |
| Meet the Parents |
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— | — | — | |
| Monsters, Inc. |
|
25 | — | — | |
| Seabiscuit |
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— | — | — | |
| Meet the Fockers |
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— | — | — | |
| Cars |
|
6 | — | — | |
| Leatherheads |
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— | — | — | |
| The Princess and the Frog |
|
80 | 191 | 94 | |
| Toy Story 3 |
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— | — | — | |
| Monsters University |
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— | — | — | |
| Cars 3 |
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— | — | — | |
| The Meyerowitz Stories |
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| Toy Story 4 |
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— | — | — | |
| Marriage Story |
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— | — | — | |
Other album appearances
Newman composed original songs that were used in the following films, but did not compose the scores for these films:
| Year | Song(s) | Album | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "The Ballad of the Three Amigos", "My Little Buttercup", "Blue Shadows" | Three Amigos soundtrack | ||
| 1987 | "Something Special" | Overboard soundtrack | ||
| 1989 | "Falling In Love" | Her Alibi soundtrack | ||
| 1997 | "Danny's Arrival Song", "Little Boat On The Sea", "Animal Jam Session", "Big and Loud", "Tell Me Lies", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Cats Don't Dance soundtrack | ||
| 1998 | "That'll Do" | Babe: Pig in the City soundtrack | Song performed by Peter Gabriel | |
| 2002 | "Scorpion's Theme" | Spider-Man: The Movie Video Game soundtrack |
Newman also performed a song he did not write ("Gone Dead Train"), and conducted Jack Nitzsche's original music, for the soundtrack of the 1970 film Performance. In the following year, Newman's song "Let Me Go" was used in the film The Pursuit of Happiness.
Newman's song "I Love L.A." was used in The Naked Gun and Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, and over the end credits of Volcano. Newman's 1972 song "Burn On" was used as the opening song in Major League (1989) while his song "Political Science" was featured in Blast from the Past (1999). Newman also covered the Fats Domino song "I'm In Love Again" for the soundtrack of Shag (1989).
Singles
Performed by Randy Newman
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US AC | CAN Top 100 | Canada AC | UK | AUS | |||
| "Golden Gridiron Boy" / "Country Boy" | 1962 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "The Beehive State" / "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | 1968 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Last Night I Had A Dream" / "I Think He's Hiding" | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Yellow Man" / "Old Kentucky Home" | 1970 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Sail Away" / "Political Science" | 1972 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Birmingham" / "Naked Man" | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Short People" / "Old Man on the Farm" | 1977 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | - | 12 |
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| "Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America" / "Baltimore" | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Rider in the Rain" / "Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)" | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "The Blues" (with Paul Simon) / "Same Girl" | 1982 | 51 | 36 | - | - | - | 100 | |
| "I Love L.A." / "Miami" | 110 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Dixie Flyer" / "Something Special" | 1988 | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "It's Money That Matters" / "Falling in Love" | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" | 2007 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "You've Got a Friend in Me" / "We Belong Together" | 2010 | - | - | - | 40 | 119 | - |
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Written by Randy Newman
The following is a list of Randy Newman compositions that were chart hits for other artists.
| Title | Year | Artist | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
CA | UK | AU | |||
| "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" co-written with Jeannie Seely, Judith Arbuckle and Pat Sheeran |
1964 | Irma Thomas | 52 | - | - | - | - |
| "I Don't Want To Hear Anymore" | Jerry Butler | 95 | - | - | - | - | |
| "I've Been Wrong Before" | 1965 | Cilla Black | - | - | - | 17 | 81 |
| "Nobody Needs Your Love" | 1966 | Gene Pitney | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| "Just One Smile" | Gene Pitney | 64 | - | - | 8 | 55 | |
| "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear" | 1967 | The Alan Price Set | - | - | - | 4 | 49 |
| "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" | 1969 | Dusty Springfield | 105 | - | 59 | - | - |
| "Love Story" | 1970 | Peggy Lee | 105 | - | - | - | - |
| "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | Three Dog Night | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | Tom Northcott | - | - | 46 | - | - | |
| "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | 1972 | Wilson Pickett | 99 | 16 | - | - | - |
| "Living Without You" | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 69 | - | - | - | - | |
| "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | 1980 | UB40 | - | - | - | 6 | 90 |
| "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | 1986 | Joe Cocker | 35 | - | - | - | 23 |
| "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | 2000 | Tom Jones & Stereophonics | - | - | - | 4 | - |
Video albums
- Live at the Odeon (1983) DVD with Ry Cooder and Linda Ronstadt
- Sound Stage (2003) (featuring Lyle Lovett with Mark Isham and Randy Newman)
Notes
- Replaced Alan Menken
- Toy Story 4 did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 7 on the Kid Albums chart and at number 20 on the Soundtracks chart.
- Rolling Stone ranked "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" number 2 on its list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
References
- ^ "Randy Newman Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 216. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "Randy Newman In Der Österreichischen Hitparade". Das Österreichische Hitparaden (in German). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ "Discografie Randy Newman". Ultratop Flanders (in Dutch). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- "RPM Magazine search results".
- "Discographie von Randy Newman". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ "Discografie Randy Newman". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- "Randy Newman". Swiss Hitparade (in German). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- "Randy Newman full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- "Soundtrack Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- "Discographie Randy Newman". Les Charts (in French). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- "Soundtrack/Randy Newman". Spanish Charts. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- "Randy Newman Chart History - Kids Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- "Randy Newman Chart History - Soundtracks". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- "Overboard (1987) - IMDb".
- "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- "The 100 Best Songs of 2007". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
External links
- Randy Newman discography at Discogs
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