Simply Red discography

Simply Red discography
A man wearing a black T-shirt and black trousers singing into a microphone.
The band performing in Bremen, 2003
Studio albums13
EPs2
Live albums5
Compilation albums7
Singles56
Music videos45
Videography11

The discography of Simply Red, a British soul band, consists of thirteen studio albums, six compilation albums, one extended play, fifty-three singles and a number of other appearances.

The band's first single "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)", was released in 1985 and reached the United Kingdom Top 20. Their debut album, Picture Book, was also released in 1985. The following year the band released "Holding Back the Years", which reached number one in Ireland and the US and number two in the UK. Their second album, Men and Women was released in 1987. Third album A New Flame was released in 1989, containing "If You Don't Know Me by Now", which became their second US number one hit. Their fourth album Stars, became the best-selling album for two years running in Europe after its release in 1991 and was certified 12× Platinum in the UK.

Simply Red released "Fairground" in 1995, which became the band's first UK number one single. Its parent album was Life. The band followed this up with cover heavy Blue in 1998 and Love and the Russian Winter in 1999. Subsequent releases included Home in 2003, a mixture of original songs and covers; Simplified in 2005, mainly an album of stripped-down versions of their hit songs; and Stay, which was the band's tenth studio album released in 2007.

Mick Hucknall announced his intention to split the band in 2010; following which the band embarked on a farewell tour which commenced during 2009 and 2010.[1] The band re-formed in 2015.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		AUT
[4] 		FRA
[5] 		GER
[6] 		NL
[7] 		NZ
[8] 		SWE
[9] 		SWI
[10] 		US
[11]
Picture Book
  • Released: 11 October 1985
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 2 6 10 — 8 1 9 26 12 16
Men and Women
  • Released: 9 March 1987
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 2 5 3 — 3 2 4 4 1 31
A New Flame
  • Released: 13 February 1989
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 1 2 2 — 2 4 1 4 1 22
Stars
  • Released: 30 September 1991
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 1 7 1 — 4 3 2 7 2 76
  • BPI: 12× Platinum[12]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[13]
  • BVMI: 5× Gold[14]
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum[15]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[16]
  • MC: Gold[21]
  • NVPI: Platinum[17]
  • RIAA: Gold[18]
  • SNEP: Platinum[19]
Life
  • Released: 9 October 1995
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 1 7 1 — 1 3 3 2 1 75
Blue
  • Released: 19 May 1998
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 1 38 1 21 1 25 13 5 3 145
Love and the Russian Winter
  • Released: 1 November 1999
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 6 — 3 57 2 41 — 31 8 —
Home
  • Released: 24 March 2003
  • Label: simplyred.com
  • Formats: CD
 2 15 8 8 5 2 19 40 6 187
Simplified
  • Released: 17 October 2005
  • Label: simplyred.com
  • Formats: CD
 3 — 2 64 4 10 — 47 3 —
Stay
  • Released: 12 March 2007
  • Label: simplyred.com
  • Formats: CD
 4 — 6 58 4 3 — — 6 156
Big Love
  • Released: 29 May 2015[27]
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 4 22 11 122 6 — 13 — 10 —
Blue Eyed Soul
  • Released: 8 November 2019
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, digital download
 6 —[A] 5 57 11 27 — — 17 —
Time
  • Released: 26 May 2023
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, digital download
 8 — 7 83 9 26 — — 11 —

Notes

  1. ^ Blue Eyed Soul did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 39 on the ARIA Digital Album Chart.[28]

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		AUT
[4] 		GER
[6] 		IRE
[29] 		NL
[7] 		SWE
[9] 		US
[11]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 7 October 1996
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 1 4 1 2 28 3 3 116
  • BPI: 6× Platinum[12]
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum[30]
  • BVMI: Platinum[14]
  • GLF: Gold[20]
  • IFPI: 3× Platinum[31]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[15]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[16]
  • NVPI: Platinum[17]
  • SNEP: 2× Gold[19]
It's Only Love
  • Released: 13 November 2000
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 27 99 5 35 25 40 19 —
The Very Best of Simply Red
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: CD
 NR — 30 36 36 21 — —
Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 17 November 2008
  • Label: Razor & Tie
  • Formats: CD
 9 64 25 17 26 3 — —
Songs of Love
  • Released: February 2010
  • Label: simplyred.com
  • Formats: CD
 12 — — 86 — — — —
Song Book 1985–2010
  • Released: 2 December 2013
  • Label: Rhino/simplyred.com
  • Formats: 4-CD box set
 41 16 — — — — — —
Remixed Vol. 1 (1985–2000)
  • Released: 22 October 2021
  • Label: EastWest, simplyred.com
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — —

Live albums

Extended plays

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]
The Montreux EP
  • Released: 9 November 1992
  • Label: EastWest
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
 11
Picture Book B-Sides & Rarities
  • Released: 13 November 2020
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: digital download

Singles

1980s

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[33] 		AUS
[3] 		BEL
[34] 		CAN
[35] 		GER
[36] 		IRE
[37] 		NLD
[38] 		NZ
[39] 		SWI
[40] 		US
[41]
"Money's Too Tight (To Mention)" 1985 13 21 17 51 — 9 24 8 — 28 Picture Book
"Come to My Aid" 66 — — — — — — 24 — —
"Holding Back the Years" 51 — 8 — — — 3 — — —
"Jericho" 1986 53 — 20 — 57 — 17 — — —
"Holding Back the Years" (re-issue) 2 16 — 6 — 1 — 40 — 1
"Open Up the Red Box" 61 70 24 — — 28 — 38 — —
"The Right Thing" 1987 11 17 4 21 27 12 4 9 10 27 Men and Women
"Infidelity" 31 54 34 — — 13 57 26 — —
"Maybe Someday..." 88 — — — — — — — — —
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" 11 — 30 — — 14 27 — — —
"I Won't Feel Bad" 1988 68 — — — — — — — — —
"It's Only Love" 1989 13 31 11 30 21 7 9 31 12 57 A New Flame
"If You Don't Know Me by Now" 2 1 5 3 19 4 3 1 12 1
"A New Flame" 17 48 33 — 55 28 27 22 — —
"You've Got It" 46 127 — 48 — 14 — — — —
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart, or singles not released in a particular territory.

1990s

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[33] 		AUS
[3] 		AUT
[43] 		BEL
[34] 		CAN
[35] 		GER
[36] 		IRE
[37] 		NLD
[38] 		NZ
[39] 		US
[41]
"Something Got Me Started" 1991 11 29 5 15 11 11 8 5 10 23 Stars
"Stars" 8 29 18 16 17 19 13 15 32 44
"For Your Babies" 1992 9 55 23 30 39 43 11 40 47 —
"Thrill Me" 33 109 — — — — 30 58 — —
"Your Mirror" 17 120 — — — 59 28 — — —
"Fairground" 1995 1 7 5 2 — 5 1 6 6 —[A] Life
"Remembering the First Time" 22 — — — — 55 — 23 30 —
"Never Never Love" 1996 18 42 — — — — — — — —
"We're in This Together" 11 — 23 — — 32 — 28 — —
"Angel" 4 — — — — 71 23 — 11 — Greatest Hits
"Night Nurse" (featuring Sly & Robbie) 1997 13 — — — — 84 — — 44 — Blue
"Say You Love Me" 1998 7 — 18 — — 49 15 71 — —
"The Air That I Breathe" 6 — 17 — — 66 — 82 — —
"Ghetto Girl" 34 — — — — — — — — —
"To Be Free" — — — — — 88 — — — —
"Ain't That a Lot of Love" 1999 14 — 29 48 — 55 — 36 41 — Love and the Russian Winter
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart, or singles not released in a particular territory.

2000s–present

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[33] 		AUS
[3] 		AUT
[43] 		BEL
[34] 		CAN
[35] 		GER
[36] 		IRE
[37] 		NLD
[38] 		SWI
[40] 		US
Adult
[46]
"Your Eyes" 2000 26 — — — — 95 — — — — Love and the Russian Winter
"Sunrise" 2003 7 35 25 35 3 14 14 4 22 5 Home
"Fake" 21 97 — 54 — 43 49 12 41 —
"You Make Me Feel Brand New" 7 100 47 — — 43 — 43 76 10
"Home" 2004 40 — — — — — — 74 — 24
"Perfect Love" 2005 30 — 23 59 — 45 — 69 34 16 Simplified
"A Song for You" / "Something Got Me Started" 2006 — — — — — — — — — —
"Oh! What a Girl!" 57 — 43 — — 68 — — 23 — Stay
"So Not Over You" 2007 34 — 36 70 — 65 — 31 — 22
"Stay" 36 — — — — — — — — —
"The World and You Tonight" — — — — — — — — — —
"Go Now" 2008 — — — — — — — — — 21 Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits
"Money's Too Tight" (2009 version) 2009 — — — — — — — — — —
"Shine On" 2015 — — — 71 — — — — — — Big Love
"The Ghost of Love" — — — 75 — — — — — —
"Love Gave Me More" — — — — — — — — — —
"Thinking of You" 2019 — — — 74 — — — — — — Blue Eyed Soul
"BadBootz" — — — — — — — — — —
"Sweet Child" — — — Tip — — — — — —
"Complete Love" — — — — — — — — — —
"Tonight" — — — — — — — — — —
"Earth in a Lonely Space" 2021 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Better with You" 2023 — — — — — — — — — — Time
"Shades 22" — — — — — — — — — —
"Just Like You" — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart, or singles not released in a particular territory.

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Money's Too Tight (To Mention)" 1985
"Come to My Aid" (2 versions)
"Holding Back the Years" Tony van den Ende
"Jericho" 1986
"Open Up the Red Box"
"The Right Thing" 1987
"Infidelity"
"Maybe Someday..."
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
"I Won't Feel Bad" 1988
"It's Only Love" 1989 Andy Morahan
"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
"A New Flame"
"You've Got It"
"Something Got Me Started" 1991 Andy Morahan
"Stars"
"For Your Babies" 1992
"Thrill Me"
"Your Mirror"
"Lady Godiva's Room"
"Fairground" 1995
"Remembering the First Time"
"Never Never Love" 1996 Zanna
"We're in This Together"
"So Beautiful"
"Angel"
"Night Nurse" 1997
"Say You Love Me" 1998
"The Air That I Breathe"
"Ghetto Girl"
"Ain't That a Lot of Love" 1999 Mike Lipscombe
"Your Eyes" 2000
"Sunrise" 2003
"Fake" (single version) Andy Morahan
"You Make Me Feel Brand New"
"Home" 2004
"Perfect Love" 2005
"Something Got Me Started" 2006
"A Song for You"
"Oh! What a Girl!"
"So Not Over You" 2007
"Go Now" 2008
"Shine On" 2015
"Dad"
"Better With You" 2023
"Shades 22"
"Just Like You"
"It Wouldn't Be Me"

Videography

Notes

  1. ^ "Fairground" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[44]

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