Richard Marx discography

Richard Marx discography
Studio albums13
EPs3
Live albums3
Compilation albums13
Singles92
Video albums1
Music videos31
Lyric videos3
Promotional albums5
Unofficial albums2

The following is a discography for American singer-songwriter and record producer and arranger, Richard Marx. It includes the list of 12 studio albums (plus a Holiday album Christmas Spirit), 13 compilation albums, 3 live albums and 91 single releases, and along with chart rankings for each album and single and RIAA (and International) certifications for the albums.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		GER
[3] 		JPN
[4] 		NL
[5] 		NZ
[6] 		NOR
[7] 		SWE
[8] 		SWI
[9] 		UK
[10]
Richard Marx 8 7 — — — 45 — 34 — 68
Repeat Offender
  • Released: May 2, 1989
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD, LP, CS
 1 1 9 32 18 3 10 7 7 8
  • US: 4× Platinum[11]
  • AUS: 2× Platinum[13]
Rush Street
  • Released: November 5, 1991
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, LP, CS
 35 11 33 29 69 31 12 27 17 7
Paid Vacation
  • Released: February 8, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS
 37 2 18 15 70 — 9 6 7 11
Flesh and Bone
  • Released: April 8, 1997
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS
 70 — 52 16 — — — 58 24 —
Days in Avalon
  • Released: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Signal 21 Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
 —
[A] 		— — — — — — — — —
My Own Best Enemy
  • Released: August 10, 2004
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Format: CD, digital download
 126 — — 213 — — — — — —
Emotional Remains
  • Released: October 31, 2008
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — — — —
Sundown
  • Released: October 31, 2008
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — — — —
Christmas Spirit
  • Released: October 22, 2012
  • Label: Zanzibar Records, TourDForce
  • Format: CD, digital download
 181
[B] 		— — — — — — — — —
Beautiful Goodbye
  • Released: July 8, 2014
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
 39
[C] 		— — — — — — — — —
Limitless
  • Released: February 7, 2020[16]
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD, digital download
 — 77 91 — — — — — 64 —
Songwriter
  • Released: September 30, 2022
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD, digital download
 — — 95 — — — — — 68 —
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Notes

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		NZ
[6] 		NOR
[7] 		SWE
[8] 		UK
[10]
Ballads
  • Released: August 10, 1994
  • Label: Toshiba EMI
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — —
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 4, 1997
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
 140 — 18 2 13 34
The Best of Richard Marx
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — —
The Essential Richard Marx
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — —
Timeline
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Signal 21 Records
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — —
Duo
  • with Matt Scannell
  • Released: May 12, 2008
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
 — — — — — —
Stories to Tell
  • Released: March 2010/November 2010/May 2011
  • Label: Zanzibar Records/ Wrasse Records/ TourDForce
  • Format: CD, digital download
 —
[D] 		— — — — —
Hits & Ballads
  • Released: April 2, 2010
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: 2×CD
 — — — — — —
Inside My Head — — — — — —
Seven & Seven
  • Released: December 6, 2012
  • Label: Zanzibar Records/TourDForce
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — —
Now and Forever: The Ballads
  • Released: February 19, 2014
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — —
The Ultimate Collection — 17 — — — —
Stories to Tell: Greatest Hits and More
  • Released: July 2, 2021
  • Label: TourdForce, BMG
  • Format: CD, DD, streaming
 — — — — — —
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Notes

Promotional albums

Title Album details
Marx
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
Greatest Hits
His Songs, Your Life
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
The Music of Richard Marx: 1987–2009

Live albums

Title Album details
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006
  • Released: July 7, 2008
  • Label: Koch
  • Format: CD
Duo Live
  • Released: October 2010
  • Label: Zanzibar
  • Format: CD
A Night Out with Friends
  • Released: June 19, 2012
  • Label: Zanzibar
  • Format: CD

Extended plays

Title EP details
Channel V at the Hard Rock Live
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Live Acoustic
  • Released: November 30, 2004
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Format: Digital download
The Christmas EP
  • Released: November 1, 2011
  • Label: Zanzibar Records/TourDForce
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Vault Vol. 1
  • Released: November 22, 2021
  • Label: Richard Marx Inc
  • Formats: Vinyl

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[19] 		US AC/Rock
[!][19] 		AUS
[2] 		CAN
[20] 		GER
[21] 		IRE
[22] 		NL
[5] 		NZ
[6] 		SWE
[8] 		UK
[10]
1987 "Don't Mean Nothing" [E] 3 1 — 8 — — — — — 78 Richard Marx
"Should've Known Better" [F] 3 7 9 9 — — — — — 50
"Lonely Heart"[23] — — — — — — — — — —
1988 "Endless Summer Nights" 2 2 16 4 — — 62 42 13 50
"Hold On to the Nights" 1 3 70 6 — — — — — 60
"Have Mercy" [E] — 17 — — — — — — — —
1989 "Satisfied" [E] 1 5 20 2 42 — 25 — — 52 Repeat Offender
"Right Here Waiting" 1 1 1 1 12 1 4 1 7 2
"Angelia" 4 2 32 1 23 13 18 16 — 45
"Nothing You Can Do About It" [E] — 12 — — — — — — — —
1990 "Too Late to Say Goodbye" [E] 12 17 99 8 53 18 76 — — 38
"Children of the Night" 13 6 120 6 58 — — — — 54
1991 "Hard to Believe"
(with Kevin Cronin, Bill Champlin, and David Crosby) 		— — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Keep Coming Back" 12 1 34 3 52 — 40 32 37 55 Rush Street
1992 "Hazard" 9 1 1 3 42 2 60 7 6 3
"Take This Heart" 20 4 11 4 — 21 — 48 — 13
"Chains Around My Heart" 44 9 59 17 — — — — — 29
"Can't Help Falling in Love" — — — — — — — — — —
"Playing with Fire" — — — — — — — — — —
1994 "Now and Forever" 7 1 16 6 54 18 — 21 11 13 Paid Vacation
"Silent Scream" — — — 17 79 — — — — 32
"The Way She Loves Me" 20 3 — 7 — — — — — 38
1995 "Nothing Left Behind Us" 74 11 — 10 — — — — — —
"Haunt Me Tonight" (with Bruce Gaitsch) — — — — — — — — — — A Lyre in a Windstorm
1996 "Chaque Jour De Ta Vie" (with Roch Voisine) — — — — — — — — — — Kissing Rain/Flesh and Bone
"Heart of My Own" — — — — — — — — — — One Voice: The Songs of Chage & Aska
1997 "Until I Find You Again" 42 3 — 32 — — — — 15 97 Flesh and Bone
"Touch of Heaven" — — — — — — — — — —
"Every Day of Your Life" (duet with Ryo Aska) — — — — — — — — — —
"Surrender to Me" (duet with Lara Fabian) — — — — — — — — — —
"At the Beginning" (with Donna Lewis)[G] 45 2 64 — 77 — 70 — — — Anastasia (soundtrack)
1998 "Slipping Away" — — — — — — — — — — Greatest Hits
"Thanks to You" — — — — — — — — — —
"Angel's Lullaby" — — — — — — — — — —
2000 "Days in Avalon" — 25 — — — — — — — — Days in Avalon
2001 "Straight from My Heart" — — — — — — — — — —
2004 "When You're Gone" [H] — 20 — — — — — — — — My Own Best Enemy
2005 "Nothing Left to Say" — — — — — — — — — —
"Ready to Fly" [I] — 22 — — — — — — — —
2007 "From the Inside" — — — — — — — — — — Emotional Remains
2010 "Everybody" — — — — — — — — — — Stories to Tell
2011 "When You Loved Me" — 16 — — — — — — — —
"When Love Is All You've Got" (with George Canyon) — — — — — — — — — — Better Be Home Soon
"Christmas Spirit" — 15 — — — — — — — — The Christmas EP/Christmas Spirit
2012 "Wouldn't Let Me Love You" — — — — — — — — — — Inside My Head
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (with Sara Niemietz) — — — — — — — — — — Christmas Spirit
"Little Drummer Boy" — 7 — — — — — — — —
"Christmas Mornings" — — — — — — — — — —
"O Holy Night" — 19 — — — — — — — —
2013 "Just Go" — — — — — — — — — — Beautiful Goodbye/Songwriter
"All Through the Night" (with Heart) — 16 — 45 — — — — — — Heart Christmas Single 2013
2014 "Turn Off the Night" — — — — — — — — — — Beautiful Goodbye
"Whatever We Started" — 29 — — — — — — — —
"Beautiful Goodbye" — — — — — — — — — —
"All You Need Is Love"
with Dave Koz, Eric Benet, Johnny Mathis, Heather Headley, Jonathan Butler, Maysa, BeBe Winans, Gloria Estefan, & Stevie Wonder[J] 		— — — — — — — — — — The 25th of December
2016 "Last Thing I Wanted" — — — — — — — — — — The Ultimate Collection/Limitless
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" — — — — — — — — — — Christmas Spirit
2018 "Dance with My Father" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
2019 "Another One Down" — 14 — — — — — — — — Limitless
"Let Go" — — — — — — — — — —
"Happy New Year, Old Friend" — — — — — — — — — — Christmas Spirit re-release
2020 "Front Row Seat" — — — — — — — — — — Limitless
"Limitless" — — — — — — — — — —
"Holiday" — — — — — — — — — — Christmas Spirit re-release
2022 "Same Heartbreak, Different Day" — 15 — — — — — — — — Songwriter
"One Day Longer" — — — — — — — — — —
"Shame on You" — — — — — — — — — —
2023 "Believe In Me" — — — — — — — — — —
"Days To Remember" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single

Notes

  • !^ The chart positions in the second US column are from Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart unless otherwise mentioned. The songs that did not chart on the A.C. Chart but did on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart or Adult Top 40 Tracks have the peak positions from those charts listed here.
  • E^ The chart positions in the second US column for "Don't Mean Nothing", "Have Mercy", "Satisfied", "Nothing You Can Do About It" and "Too Late to Say Goodbye" are for Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart as none of those songs charted on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart.
  • F^ "Should've Known Better" charted on both Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart and Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart. On Mainstream Rock Tracks it peaked at No. 7 and on Adult Contemporary Tracks it peaked at No. 20.
  • G^ "At the Beginning" charted on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart at No. 2 and also charted on Radio & Records' Adult Contemporary Chart at No. 1.
  • H^ The chart position in the second US column for "When You're Gone" is for Billboard's Adult Top 40 Tracks Chart as it did not chart on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart.
  • I^ "Ready to Fly" charted on both Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and Billboard's Adult Top 40 Tracks Chart. On Adult Contemporary Tracks it peaked at No. 22 and on Adult Top 40 Tracks it peaked at No. 29.
  • J^ "All You Need Is Love" charted on Billboard's Smooth Jazz Songs chart at No. 4.

Music videos

Year Song Director
1987 "Don't Mean Nothing" Dominic Sena
1987 "Should've Known Better" Dominic Sena
1988 "Endless Summer Nights" Greg Gold
1988 "Hold On to the Nights" Dominic Sena
1989 "Satisfied" Dominic Sena
1989 "Right Here Waiting" Jim Yukich
1989 "Angelia" Michael Bay
1990 "Too Late to Say Goodbye" Jim Yukich
1990 "Children of the Night" Greg Gold
1991 "Keep Coming Back" Peter Care
1992 "Hazard" Michael Haussman
1992 "Take This Heart" Jim Yukich
1992 "Chains Around My Heart" Peter Nydrle
1994 "Now and Forever" Mark Lindquist
1994 "Silent Scream" Kiefer Sutherland
1994 "The Way She Loves Me" Jim Yukich
1995 "Beautiful"
1997 "Until I Find You Again" Karen Bellone
1997 "Every Day of Your Life"
1998 "Slipping Away" Bill Ward
1998 "Thanks to You" Bill Ward
1998 "Angel's Lullaby" Bill Ward
1998 "At the Beginning"
2004 "When You're Gone" Brent Hedgecock
2005 "Ready to Fly" Brent Hedgecock
2011 "When Love Is All You've Got"
2012 "Wouldn't Let Me Love You"
2012 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
2012 "Little Drummer Boy"
2012 "Christmas Mornings"
2012 "Christmas Spirit" Richard Marx
2014 "Whatever We Started" Deborah Anderson
2014 "Beautiful Goodbye" Scott Brasher
2019 "Another One Down" Nick Spanos
2020 "Front Row Seat" Nick Spanos
2022 "Shame On You" Aiyana Lapeyrolerie
2024 "Days To Remember"

Official YouTube lyric videos

Year Song
2011 "When You Loved Me"
2011 "Christmas Spirit"
2012 "Wouldn't Let Me Love You"
2013 "Just Go"
2022 "Same Heartbreak, Different Day"
2022 "One Day Longer"
2022 "Shame On You"
2024 "Days To Remember"

References

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    • Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: "Chart Log UK > Every UK Entry 1994–2010 > "M"". zobbel.de. Retrieved October 15, 2019. N.B. This site displays uncompressed chart (no exclusions) peaks between positions 76 and 200, for the period between November 1994 and May 2001. Some peaks within this range will therefore differ to those listed on the Official Charts site.
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  13. ^ "1989 ARIA Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved October 15, 2019. N.B. This page is missing some certifications.
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  19. ^ a b Richard Marx's singles on Billboard charts:
  20. ^ Canada Top Singles peaks RPM Magazine
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