Loverboy discography

Loverboy at the 2009 Juno Awards

This is the discography for Canadian rock band Loverboy.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
AUS
[1] 		CAN
[2] 		US
[3][4] 		GER
[5] 		NZ
[6]
1980 Loverboy 5 17 13 — 12
1981 Get Lucky
  • Release date: October 7, 1981
  • Label: Columbia Records
 70 8 7 — 21
  • CN: 3× Platinum[7]
  • US: 4× Platinum[8]
1983 Keep It Up
  • Release date: June 30, 1983
  • Label: Columbia Records
 — 9 7 25 —
  • CN: 2× Platinum[7]
  • US: 2× Platinum[8]
1985 Lovin' Every Minute of It
  • Release date: August 1985
  • Label: Columbia Records
 — 22 13 54 —
  • CN: Platinum[7]
  • US: 2× Platinum[8]
1987 Wildside
  • Release date: September 1987
  • Label: Columbia Records
 — 21 42 — —
1997 Six — — — — —
2007 Just Getting Started — — — — —
2012 Rock 'n' Roll Revival — — — — —
2014 Unfinished Business
  • Release date: July 15, 2014
  • Label: Loverboy Music
 — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year Album details
1981 Loverboy – Live EP[9][10]
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Columbia
  • This is a live, three-track, white label promo released by Columbia on vinyl ONLY. Columbia number XSM 168602.
  • The tracks are: "Teenage Overdose" (4:46), "Lady of the 80s" (4:25), and "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" (6:16).
2001 Live, Loud and Loose (1982 - 1986)
  • Release date: June 19, 2001
  • Label: Sony Music/Columbia Records
  • Note: Re-released in 2011 as Setlist: The Very Best of Loverboy Live
2010 Loverboy: Extended Versions (Live)[11][12]
  • Release date: January 29, 2010
  • Label: SBCMG
  • Note: All songs on this album are live versions of hit songs by Loverboy recorded on tour in the US states of Georgia and North Carolina in 2005.
2024 Loverboy Live in '82
  • Release date: June 7, 2024
  • Label: earMusic

Compilation albums

Year Album Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)

US
[3][4]
1984 The Official Music of the 1984 Games
  • Release Date: 1984
  • Label: CBS, Columbia
  • Note: This album is NOT a compilation album composed entirely of songs by Loverboy. It does, however, contain an original song by Loverboy called "Nothing's Gonna Stop You Now" (track #2) that did not appear on any other Loverboy album or compilation until Sony's 2013 budget compilation, Loverboy the 80s. This track was referred to as being the Team Sports Theme at the Olympics in 1984.
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1989 Big Ones
  • Release Date: October 25, 1989
  • Label: Columbia
  • Note: "For You", "Ain't Looking for Love," and "Too Hot" are all-new tracks originally released on this album only. While released by the band as a single on August 2, 1986, "Heaven in Your Eyes" is found for the first time on a Loverboy album on Big Ones. It was also released on the Top Gun movie soundtrack in 1986.
 189
1994 Loverboy Classics
  • Release Date: October 11, 1994
  • Label: Columbia
 —
1995 Temperature's Rising
  • Release Date: April 16, 1995
  • Label: Sony Music, Columbia
 —
1997 Super Hits
  • Release Date: August 26, 1997
  • Label: Sony Music
 —
2003 Love Songs
  • Release Date: January 14, 2003
  • Label: Legacy
  • Note: This compilation album contains the song "Sword and Stone," originally from the Paul Dean album Hardcore (1989). It isn't otherwise found on any other Loverboy album or compilation, although it was first written and recorded in demo form by KISS and recorded subsequently by Dean and other artists.
 —
2004 Collections
  • Release Date: 2004
  • Label: Sony Music
 —
2005 Rock Breakout Years: 1985
  • Release Date: October 11, 2005
  • Label: Madacy Records
 —
2006 We Are the 80s: Loverboy
  • Release Date: July 18, 2006
  • Label: Columbia, Legacy
 —
2006 Loverboy / Get Lucky
  • Release Date: 2006
  • Label: BGO Records
  • A remastered and double album re-release of the first two complete Loverboy albums. This single disc import contains all new album notes for both albums.
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2006 Keep It Up / Lovin' Every Minute of It
  • Release Date: 2006
  • Label: BGO Records
  • A remastered and double album re-release of the third and fourth complete Loverboy albums. This single disc import contains all new album notes for both albums.
 —
2007 Turn Me Loose
  • Release Date: May 29, 2007
  • Label: Sony Music
 —
2008 Playlist: The Very Best of Loverboy
  • Release Date: August 19, 2008
  • Label: Sony, Legacy
 —
2009 Greatest Hits... The Real Thing
  • Release Date: April 14, 2009
  • Label: Columbia
 —
2009 Metropolis - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • Release Date: 1984 (December 16, 2009, on CD)
  • Label: CBS
  • Note: This album is NOT a compilation album composed entirely of songs by Loverboy. It does, however, contain an original song by Loverboy called "Destruction" (track #7) that does not appear on any other Loverboy album or compilation.
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2013 Loverboy Original Album Classics
  • Release Date: June 25, 2013
  • Label: Sony Legacy
  • Note: This is a five-disc set of the first five Loverboy albums. The five discs are un-remastered audio copies of the original albums and contain no new tracks.
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds) 		Album
CAN
[2] 		US
[3][13] 		US Main
[3] 		US AC
[3] 		AUS
[14] 		NZ
[6]
1980 "Turn Me Loose" 7 35 6 — 3 5 Loverboy
"Lady of the 80s" 43 — — — — —
1981 "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" 30 55 42 — 76 —
"Working for the Weekend" 10 29 2 — 19 11 Get Lucky
1982 "When It's Over" 17 26 21 — — —
"Take Me to the Top" — — 23 — — —
"Lucky Ones" — — 36 — — —
"Jump" — 101 — — — —
1983 "Strike Zone" — — 23 — — — Keep It Up
"Hot Girls in Love" 9 11 2 — — —
"Queen of the Broken Hearts" 28 34 11 — — —
1985 "Lovin' Every Minute of It" 17 9 3 — 77 — Lovin' Every Minute of It
"Dangerous" 37 65 23 — — —
1986 "This Could Be the Night" 44 10 9 30 — —
"Lead a Double Life" — 68 — — — —
"Heaven in Your Eyes" 24 12 — — — — Top Gun (soundtrack)
1987 "Notorious" 24 38 8 — — — Wildside
"Love Will Rise Again" — — — — — —
1988 "Break It to Me Gently" — — — — — —
1989 "Too Hot" — 84 27 — — — Big Ones (compilation)
1997 "Big Picture" (promo) — — — — — — Six
2007 "The One That Got Away" — — — — — — Just Getting Started
2011 "Heartbreaker" — — — — — — Rock 'n' Roll Revival
2014 "Countin' the Nights" — — — — — — Unfinished Business
2016 "Hurtin'" — — — — — — Non-album singles
2017 "Some Like It Hot" — — — — — —
"Stop the Rain" — — — — — —
2020 "Gimme Back My Life" — — — — — —
2022 "Release"[15] — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtrack appearances


Title

 Release Soundtrack
"Destruction" 1984 Metropolis
"Heaven in Your Eyes" 1986 Top Gun

Videography

Video albums

Year Album details
1984 Loverboy: Live
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Pioneer Artists (LaserDisc), Vestron (VHS)
  • Live at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada on May 21, 1982
Year Album details
1986 Any Way You Look at It
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: CBS/Fox (VHS)
  • Nine selected music videos from their first four albums

Music videos

Year Title Director
1980 "Turn Me Loose"
"The Kid Is Hot Tonite"
1981 "Lucky Ones"
"Working for the Weekend"
"When It's Over"
"Gangs in the Street"
1983 "Queen of the Broken Hearts"
"Hot Girls in Love"
1985 "Lovin' Every Minute of It"
"This Could Be the Night"
"Dangerous"
1986 "Heaven in Your Eyes"
1987 "Notorious"
"Love Will Rise Again"
"Break It to Me Gently"
2012 "Heartbreaker"

References

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 182. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ a b "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Top Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Artist Chart History – Loverboy". Billboard charts. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Albums (Seventh ed.). Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3.
  5. ^ German Albums:
  6. ^ a b "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Canadian certifications – loverboy". Music Canada. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "American certifications – loverboy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  9. ^ "Problem Encountered". Musicstack.com. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  10. ^ "Loverboy - Live (EP)". Musicstack.com. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  11. ^ "Loverboy: Extended Versions: Loverboy: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. January 29, 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  12. ^ "Extended Versions (Live) by Loverboy". Kych.tunegenie.com. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  13. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Top Pop Singles 1955-2012. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, Inc. p. 517. ISBN 0-89820-205-1.
  14. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  15. ^ Price, Jason (January 14, 2022). "Loverboy Returns in 2022 with New Single 'Release,' Set to Tour with REO Speedwagon and Styx!". Icon Vs. Icon. Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.