Melanie Safka discography

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Melanie Safka discography
Studio albums28
Live albums13
Compilation albums14
Singles59
Soundtrack albums2

This is the discography of American singer-songwriter Melanie Safka, mainly known mononymously as Melanie.

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[9]
Born to Be 5 8
Melanie
  • Released: October 1969
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • Released in the UK as Affectionately Melanie
196 2
Candles in the Rain
  • Released: April 1970
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
17 2 5 33 4 20 5
The Good Book
  • Released: January 1971
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
80 29 26 29 20 17 9
Gather Me
  • Released: October 1971
  • Label: Neighborhood, Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
15 9 14 25 14
Garden in the City
  • Released: November 1971
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
115 38 19
Stoneground Words
  • Released: October 1972
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
70 69 34
Madrugada
  • Released: March 1974
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
192
As I See It Now
  • Released: December 1974
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
208 [11]
Sunset and Other Beginnings
  • Released: October 1975
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
Photograph
  • Released: November 1976
  • Label: Atlantic, Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
84
Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face
Ballroom Streets
  • Released: January 1979
  • Label: Tomato
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
  • Mix of re-recordings and new material
207[12]
Arabesque
  • Released: May 1982
  • Label: Blanche, RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
Seventh Wave
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: LP, MC
Am I Real or What
  • Released: July 1985
  • Label: Amherst
  • Formats: LP, MC
Melanie
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: CNR
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Often referred to as 'the Dutch Album', as it was only released in the Netherlands and Belgium
Cowabonga – Never Turn Your Back on a Wave
  • Released: April 1988
  • Label: Baierle, Food for Thought
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Silence Is King
  • Released: February 1993
  • Label: Ariola/Hypertension Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Released in the US as a slightly different version as Freedom Knows My Name
Silver Anniversary
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Ariola/Hypertension Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Album of re-recordings, only released in Germany
Old Bitch Warrior
  • Released: February 1996
  • Label: Creastars Europe
  • Formats: CD
  • Album of re-recordings, only released in Germany
Lowcountry
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Features re-recordings, re-workings and new material, only released in Belgium
Antlers – A Christmas or True Believers
  • Released: December 1997
  • Label: Blue Moon
  • Formats: CD
  • Features re-workings and new material
  • Re-released in 2004 as Yes Santa, There is a Melanie
Beautiful People
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Brilliant
  • Formats: CD
  • Features re-recordings, only released in Europe
Moments from My Life
  • Released: April 23, 2002
  • Label: Disky
  • Formats: CD
  • Only released in Europe
Victim of the Moon
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Afterglow
  • Formats: CD
  • Limited advance release and was then commercially released as Crazy Love
Paled by Dimmer Light
  • Released: July 5, 2004
  • Label: Two Story
  • Formats: CD
���
Ever Since You Never Heard of Me
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[5]
UK
[9]
Leftover Wine
  • Released: September 1970
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
33 8 22 22
Melanie at Carnegie Hall
  • Released: April 1973
  • Label: Neighborhood
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track
109 31
In Concert – Live at Montreux
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP
  • Germany and Yugoslavia-only release
Recorded Live @ Borders
  • Released: March 2000
  • Label: DES
  • Formats: CD
These Nights
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Mango Gang
  • Formats: CD
Olga's Birthday Party
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Very limited tour release
Live at Meltdown 2007
  • Released: February 23, 2009
  • Label: Odeon Entertainment
  • Formats: digital download
Live in Morecambe UK 2008
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Two Story
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
1984
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Arpeggio
  • Formats: 2xCD
Center Stage at Central Park
  • Released: July 21, 2018
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
  • Released: March 23, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Live at Woodstock
  • Released: July 26, 2019
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: digital download
Melanie Live at Drury Lane 1974
  • Released: September 26, 2020
  • Label: Article
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Initially released as part of Record Store Day
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
[1]
R. P. M. 148
All the Right Noises
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
[1]
UK
[9]
Please Love Me
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP
  • Originally only released in several European countries
Four Sides of Melanie
  • Released: March 1972
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track
103 23
The Very Best of Melanie
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • UK-only release
The Best Of
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: LP, MC
Spotlight on Melanie
  • Released: 9 October 1981
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
  • UK-only release
The Best of Melanie
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Special Music Company
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Best of Melanie
  • Released: August 1990
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Best of the Rest of Melanie
  • Released: July 1992
  • Label: Sequel
  • Formats: CD
  • UK-only release
The Encore Collection
Acoustic Blue – The Very Best of Melanie
Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits of Melanie
  • Released: July 13, 1999
  • Label: Buddah
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Melanie
  • Released: August 9, 2003
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • UK-only release
The Greatest Hits Legacy
  • Released: July 2004
  • Label: Arpeggio 8
  • Formats: CD
Working Legend: All Her Hits And More
  • Released: September 18, 2020
  • Label: Fanfare Classic
  • Formats: CD
  • Australia-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[13][14]
US AC
[15]
AUS
[2]
BEL (WA)
[16]
CAN
[17]
GER
[5]
IRE
[18]
NL
[19]
NZ
[20]
UK
[9]
"Beautiful People" 1967 Non-album singles
"Garden in the City" 1968
"Christopher Robin" (UK-only release) Born to Be
"Bo Bo's Party" (UK and France-only release) 1969 33
"To My Father's House" Melanie
"I'm Back in Town"
"Any Guy"
"Uptown Down" (France and Netherlands-only release)
"Tuning My Guitar" (UK-only release)
"Beautiful People" (re-recording) 8
"Take Me Home" 1970
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (with the Edwin Hawkins Singers) 6 2 49 1 1 Candles in the Rain
"Peace Will Come (According to Plan)" 32 43 15 46 6 Leftover Wine
"Stop! I Don't Wanna Hear It Anymore" 112 43 8 R.P.M.
"Ruby Tuesday" 52 70 14 25 6 12 7 9 Candles in the Rain
"What Have They Done to My Song Ma" 14 39
"The Good Book" 1971 [A] The Good Book
"Nickel Song" 35 30 74[B] 27 43
"Please Love Me" (Austria and Germany-only release) Please Love Me
"Brand New Key" 1 5 1 1 23 8 8 1 4 Gather Me
"Alexander Beetle" (UK and Europe-only release) Candles in the Rain
"Ring the Living Bell" 1972 31 18 74[B] 24 41 Gather Me
"Someday I'll Be a Farmer" 106 95 54[21]
"Together Alone" 86 37 Stoneground Words
"Do You Believe" 115
"Bitter Bad" 1973 36 12 49 84 Melanie at Carnegie Hall
"Seeds" [C] Non-album single
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" 82 42 93 90 37 Madrugada
"Love to Lose Again" 1974
"Lover's Cross" 109 64
"You're Not a Bad Ghost, Just an Old Song" 1975 As I See It Now
"Sweet Misery"
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (UK-only release)
"You Can't Hurry Love/Mama Said" (medley; UK and Germany-only release) Sunset and Other Beginnings
"Almost Like Being in Love"
"Cyclone" 1977 Photograph
"I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" 1978 Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face
"Knock on Wood"
"Oh Boy" Non-album single
"Running After Love" Ballroom Streets
"One More Try" 1981 110 Non-album single
"Detroit or Buffalo" Arabesque
"Anyway That You Want Me" (Netherlands-only release) 1982
"Foolin' Yourself" (Germany-only release)
"Every Breath of the Way" (UK and Europe-only release) 1983 70 Seventh Wave
"Didn't You Ever Love Somebody" (UK and Australia-only release)
"Dance to the Music" (Germany-only release) 1984
"Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed" 1985 Am I Real or What
"Rag Doll" Non-album single
"To Be a Star" (Netherlands and Australia-only release) 1987 Melanie
"Ruby Tuesday" (Special Mix '89; UK and Germany-only release) 1989 Cowabonga – Never Turn Your Back on a Wave
"Silence Is King" 1993 Silence Is King
"Beautiful People" (with Pop in Wonderland; Europe-only release) 1995 5 Old Bitch Warrior
"Rock in the Road" (Europe-only release)
"You Don't Know Me" (Belgium-only release) 1996
"Dust in the Wind" (Netherlands-only release) 2002 Moments from My Life
"As Tears Go By" (Netherlands-only release)
"Jammin' Alone" (Benelux-only release) 2003 Paled by Dimmer Light
"Working Legend (My Tribute to Johnny Cash)" (Australia-only release) 2010 ��� Ever Since You Never Heard of Me
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes[]

  1. ^ "The Good Book" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 87 on the Cash Box Top 100.
  2. ^ a b Charted as a double A-side single.
  3. ^ "Seeds" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 102 on the Cash Box Looking Ahead Chart

References[]

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  2. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ a b "Results: RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste". infodisc.fr. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  6. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  7. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  8. ^ "Melanie - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "MELANIE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "American certifications – Melanie". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  11. ^ "Billboard". February 8, 1975.
  12. ^ "Bubblng Under the Top LPs" (PDF). Billboard. February 24, 1979. p. 35. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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  14. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–1981. Record Research. p. 112. ISBN 9780898200478.
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