Bobby Womack discography
Studio albums28
Live albums3
Compilation albums9
Singles47

The discography of American recording artist Bobby Womack consists of 28 studio albums, 3 live albums, 9 compilation albums, and 47 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[1] 		US
R&B
[1] 		UK
[2]
Fly Me to the Moon
  • Released: January 1969
  • Label: Minit
 174 34 —
My Prescription
  • Released: February 1970
  • Label: Minit
 — 44 —
Communication 83 7 —
Understanding
  • Released: May 30, 1972
  • Label: United Artists
 43 7 —
Facts of Life
  • Released: June 8, 1973
  • Label: United Artists
 37 6 —
Lookin' for a Love Again
  • Released: January 11, 1974
  • Label: United Artists
 85 5 —
I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
  • Released: March 28, 1975
  • Label: United Artists
 126 20 —
Safety Zone
  • Released: October 27, 1975
  • Label: United Artists
 147 40 —
BW Goes C&W
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: United Artists
 — — —
Home Is Where the Heart Is — — —
Pieces
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Columbia
 — — —
Roads of Life — 55 —
The Poet
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Beverly Glen
 29 1 —
The Poet II
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Beverly Glen
 60 5 31
So Many Rivers
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: MCA
 66 5 28
Someday We'll All Be Free
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Beverly Glen
 — 59 —
Womagic
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: MCA
 — 68 —
The Last Soul Man
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: MCA
 — — —
Save the Children
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: SOLAR
 — — —
Resurrection
  • Released: August 16, 1994
  • Label: Continuum
 — 91 87
Back to My Roots
  • Released: August 24, 1999
  • Label: Capitol
 — — —
Traditions
  • Released: November 4, 1999
  • Label: Capitol
 — — —
Christmas Album
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Indigo
 — — —
The Bravest Man in the Universe
  • Released: June 12, 2012
  • Label: XL
 181 21 49
The Best Is Yet to Come
  • Released: TBA
  • Label: XL
 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[1] 		US
R&B
[1]
Your Navy Presents Bobby Womack
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: United States Navy Recruitment
 — —
The Womack "Live" 188 13
Soul Sensation Live — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Singles

As lead artist

Year Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Peak chart positions Certification Title
US
[1]
US
R&B
[1]
UK
[2]
1965 "Nothing You Can Do"
b/w "Get It While You Can" 		— — — Non-album tracks
"I Found a True Love"
b/w "A Lonesome Man" 		— — —
1966 "What Is This"
b/w "I Wonder" 		— — —
1967 "Find Me Somebody"
b/w "How Does It Feel" 		— — —
"Baby, I Can't Stand It"
b/w "Trust Me" 		— — —
"Broadway Walk"
b/w "Somebody Special" (from Fly Me to the Moon) 		— — —
1968 "What Is This"
b/w "What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)" (Non-album track) 		— 33 — Fly Me to the Moon
"Fly Me to the Moon"
b/w "Take Me" 		52 16 —
"California Dreamin'"
b/w "Baby, You Oughta Think It Over" 		43 20 —
1969 "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
?b/w "Love, the Time Is Now" (from Fly Me to the Moon) 		— 48 — My Prescription
"It's Gonna Rain"
b/w "Thank You" 		— 43 —
"How I Miss You Baby"
b/w "Tried and Convicted" 		94 13 —
1970 "More Than I Can Stand"
b/w "Arkansas State Prison" 		90 23 —
"I'm Gonna Forget About You"
b/w "Don't Look Back" 		— 30 —
"Everybody's Talkin'"
b/w "Something" 		— — — The Womack "Live"
1971 "Breezin'"
b/w "Azure Blue"
Both sides with Gábor Szabó 		— 43 — High Contrast
(Gábor Szabó's album)
"The Preacher"—Part 2 / "More Than I Can Stand"
b/w Part 1 		— 30 — The Womack "Live"
"Communication"
b/w "Fire and Rain" 		— 40 — Communication
1972 "That's the Way I Feel About Cha"
b/w "Come L'Amore" 		27 2 —
"Woman's Gotta Have It"
b/w "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back" (from Communication) 		60 1 — Understanding
"Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" / 51 16 —
1973 "Harry Hippie" 31 8 —
"Across 110th Street"
b/w "Hang On in There" 		56 19 — Across 110th Street
"Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" 29 2 — Facts of Life
"I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You" — 80 —
1974 "Lookin' for a Love" (solo re-recording)
b/w "Let It Hang Out" 		10 1 — Lookin' for a Love Again
"You're Welcome, Stop On By"
b/w "I Don't Want to Be Hurt by Ya Love Again" 		59 5 —
"I Don't Know"
b/w "Yes Jesus Loves Me" 		— — — I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
1975 "Check It Out"
b/w "Interlude #2" 		91 6 —
"It's All Over Now"
b/w "Git It" 		— 68 —
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way"
b/w "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" 		— 13 — Safety Zone
1976 "Daylight"
b/w "Trust Me" 		— 5 —
1977 "Home Is Where the Heart Is"
b/w "We've Only Just Begun" 		— 43 — Home Is Where the Heart Is
"Standing in the Safety Zone"
b/w "A Change Is Gonna Come" 		— — —
1978 "Wind It Up"
b/w "Stop Before We Start" 		— — — Pieces
"Trust Your Heart"
b/w "When Love Begins Friendship Ends" 		— 47 —
1979 "How Could You Break My Heart"
b/w "I Honestly Love You" 		— 40 — Roads of Life
1981 "Secrets" / — 55 — The Poet
1982 "If You Think You're Lonely Now" — 3 —
"Where Do We Go from Here"
b/w "Just My Imagination" 		— 26 —
1984 "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye" (with Patti LaBelle)
b/w "Who's Foolin' Who" 		— 76 — The Poet II
"Love Has Finally Come at Last" (with Patti LaBelle)
b/w "American Dream" 		88 3 —
"Tell Me Why"
b/w "Through the Eyes of a Child" (with Patti LaBelle) 		— 54 60
1985 "Someday We'll All Be Free"
b/w "I Wish I Had Someone to Go Home To" 		— 74 — Someday We'll All Be Free
"I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much"
b/w "Got to Be with You Tonight" 		— 2 64 So Many Rivers
"Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts"
b/w "Check It Out" 		— 50 —
"I'm So Proud" (with Cecil Womack)
b/w "Searching for My Love" 		— — — Someday We'll All Be Free
1986 "Gypsy Woman"
b/w "Whatever Happened to the Times?" 		— — — So Many Rivers
"(I Wanna) Make Love to You"
b/w "Whatever Happened to the Times?" (from So Many Rivers) 		— 57 100 Womagic
1987 "How Could You Break My Heart"
b/w "Give It Up"
UK-only release 		— — 86 Roads of Life
"So the Story Goes"
b/w "The Liam McCoy"
Both sides with Living in a Box 		81 — 34 Non-album tracks
"Living in a Box"
b/w "I Can't Stay Mad" (from Womagic) 		— — 70 The Last Soul Man
1988 "Outside Myself"
b/w "A Woman Likes to Hear That" 		— — —
1989 "Priorities"
b/w Instrumental version of B-side 		— — — Save the Children
"Save the Children"
b/w Instrumental version of A-side 		— 83 —
1991 "I Wish I'd Never Met You" (with Mica Paris)
Featured on "If I Love U 2 Nite" CD single by Mica Paris 		— — — Non-album tracks
1993 "I'm Back for More" (with Lulu)
CD single with four different mixes 		— — 27
1995 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (with Jeanie Tracy)
CD single with seven different mixes 		— — 73
2004 "California Dreamin'" (re-release)
2. "Lookin' for a Love"
3. "Holding On to My Baby's Love" (Non-album track)
CD single 		— — 59 The Preacher
2012 "Please Forgive My Heart"
CD single with two different mixes 		— — — The Bravest Man in the Universe
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

[6]

As featured artist

Year Title Peak chart positions
US
Pop 		US
R&B 		AUS
[7] 		AUT
[8] 		BEL
[9] 		GER
[10] 		IRL
[11] 		NLD
[12] 		NZ
[13] 		SWI
[14] 		US
[15]
1962 "Lookin' for a Love"
(The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) 		72 8 — — — — — — — — —
1964 "It's All Over Now"
(The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) 		94 21 — — — — — — — — —
1985 "(No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Looking Up to You"
(Wilton Felder featuring Bobby Womack and Altrinna Grayson) 		102 2 — — — — — — — — —
2010 "Stylo"
(Gorillaz featuring Mos Def & Bobby Womack) 		— — 48 40 25 63 — 56 — 56 103
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other appearances (non-comprehensive)

Year Song Other artists Album
2001 "Get a Life" Rae & Christian Sleepwalking
"Wake Up Everybody"
2010 "Cloud of Unknowing" Gorillaz & Sinfonia ViVA Plastic Beach
2011 "Bobby in Phoenix" Gorillaz The Fall
2015 "New Day Coming" Rudimental We the Generation

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Bobby Womack - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "BOBBY WOMACK - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Stateside Records". Statesiderecords.com. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "British certifications – Bobby Womack". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 24, 2022. Type Bobby Womack in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  6. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 1078–1080. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  7. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Australia:
  8. ^ "Discographie Gorillaz". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  9. ^ "Discografie Gorillaz". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  10. ^ "Gorillaz (Single)". charts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  11. ^ "Discography Gorillaz". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  12. ^ "Discografie Gorillaz". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  13. ^ "Discography Gorillaz". charts.nz. Hung. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  14. ^ "Gorillaz" (Select "Charts" tab). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  15. ^ "Gorillaz – Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
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