Tonic discography
Studio albums5
Live albums1
Compilation albums1
Music videos6
Singles13
Soundtrack albums5

The discography of Tonic, an American rock band, consists of five studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, six singles, and six music videos. Tonic was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1993.[1][2] After signing a recording contract in 1995, the band released its first album in 1996, titled Lemon Parade. Based on the success of the single "If You Could Only See", Lemon Parade sold 1,300,000 copies. Tonic also contributed songs to original soundtracks in the late 1990s, such as the song "Flower Man" for The X-Files: The Album. Continuing to tour extensively, the band released an album of live songs entitled Live and Enhanced, which also featured extra content, such as the music video for the song "Soldier's Daughter".

Tonic self-produced their second studio album Sugar in 1999, from which the song "You Wanted More" came to be the lead single from the American Pie movie soundtrack. Their third studio album, 2002's Head on Straight, charted on the Billboard 200 for one week, yet the band was nominated for two Grammy awards related to the album. After the band ended a four-year hiatus in 2008, the greatest hits compilation A Casual Affair: The Best of Tonic was released in 2009. The greatest hits compilation served as a prelude to their fourth studio album, 2010's Tonic. The band later utilized crowdfunding from fans to create an all-acoustic version of Lemon Parade titled Lemon Parade Revisited in 2016, before releasing their first-ever non-album single with 2021's track "To Be Loved".

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[3] 		US
Ind.
[4] 		AUS
[5] 		CAN
[6]
Lemon Parade 28 — 12 34
  • US: 1,328,821[8]
Sugar 81 — 93 —
Head on Straight
  • Released: September 24, 2002[12]
  • Label: Universal[12]
 141 — — —
Tonic
  • Released: May 4, 2010[14]
  • Label: 429
 150 25 — —
Lemon Parade Revisited
  • Released: July 22, 2016
  • Label: None (self-released)
 — 30 — —

Live albums

Title Details
Live and Enhanced
  • Released: March 1, 1999[15]
  • Label: Unknown

Compilation albums

Title Details
A Casual Affair: The Best of Tonic
  • Released: June 23, 2009[16]
  • Label: Polydor

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certification Album
US
[17] 		US
Pop
[18] 		US
Adult
[19] 		US
Alt.
[20] 		US
Main.
[21] 		AUS
[5] 		CAN
Alt.
[22] 		NLD
[23]
1996 "Open Up Your Eyes" 68[A] 30 33 22 2 90 — — Lemon Parade
1997 "Casual Affair" — — — — 8 — — —
"If You Could Only See" 11[A] 11 7 3 1 20 1 100
"Soldier's Daughter" — — — — — — — —
1999 "You Wanted More" 103[B] — 26 10 3 58 6 — Sugar
"Knock Down Walls" — — — — 20 — 10 —
2000 "Mean to Me" — — — — — — — —
"Sugar" — — — — — — — —
2002 "Take Me as I Am" — — 36 — — — — — Head on Straight
"Head on Straight"[25] — — — — — — — —
2010 "Release Me" — — 34 — — — — — Tonic
2021 "To Be Loved" — — — — — — — — Non-album single
2021 "If You Could Only See (25th Anniversary)" — — — — — — — — Non-album single

Soundtrack and other songs

Year Soundtrack Track
1997 Scream 2 Soundtrack
  • Released: November 18, 1997[26]
  • Label: Capitol Records[26]
  • "Eyes of Sand"
1998 Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
  • Released: March 17, 1998[27]
  • Label: Lava/Atlantic
  • "Second Hand News"
The X-Files: The Album
  • Released: June 2, 1998
  • Label: Elektra
  • "Flower Man"
Clay Pigeons Original Soundtrack
  • Released: September 22, 1998[28]
  • Label: Uptown/Universal[28]
  • "Everybody's Talkin'"
Live in the X Lounge
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: unknown
  • "Open Up Your Eyes" (Live)
1999

King of the Hill Original Television Soundtrack

  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Elektra Entertainment
  • "East Bound and Down"

American Pie Original Soundtrack

  • Released: June 29, 1999[29]
  • Label: Upton/Universal
  • "You Wanted More"
2001

Live in the X Lounge IV

  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Unknown
  • "Mean to Me" (Live)

Live cover songs

Tonic is known to have covered the songs "Jessie's Girl" (acoustic version), "Go Your Own Way", and "Suspicious Minds" at least once each in live settings. However, Tonic-played versions of these songs are not currently commercially available, with "Jessie's Girl" only known to exist as bootleg copies on file-sharing networks.[30][31]

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
1996 "If You Could Only See" Jeff Cutter and Ramaa Mosley[32]
"Open Up Your Eyes" (original version) Thomas Mignone
"Open Up Your Eyes" (roller skating version) Tonic and Niels Alpert[33]
"Soldier's Daughter" Kevin Godley[34]
1999 "You Wanted More" Niels Alpert[35]
"Mean to Me" Niels Alpert[36]

Other music videos

Year Title Director(s) Notes
2000 "Mean to Me" Unknown Produced for the American feature film Gossip,

this music video combined footage from Tonic's previous "Mean to Me" music video with clips from the "Gossip" film.[37]

2021 "To Be Loved" (Lyric Video) Sean Sorensen Owing to a trend of music fans creating videos that display a song's lyrics while the song's audio plays, Tonic released their own official lyric video for their single "To Be Loved", complete with both additional and the same artwork as the cover for the digital single of this song. Credits listed on the video's official YouTube page listed credited Doug Nahory with the Artwork, & Video Design by: Inspired Films Studios - Sean Sorensen.[38]

Video game releases

Year Game Platforms Track
2005 Karaoke Revolution Party
  • Released: November 8, 2005
 PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
  • "If You Could Only See"[39]
2009 Band Hero and Guitar Hero 5
  • Released: November 3, 2009
 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3,
Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii
  • "If You Could Only See"[40]
2016 Rock Band 4
  • Released: August 16, 2016
 PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • "If You Could Only See"[41]

Notes

  • A.^ "Open Up Your Eyes" and "If You Could Only See" peaked on the US Radio Songs chart.[42][43]
  • B.^ "You Wanted More" peaked outside of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, therefore it is listed on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

References

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    • All except noted: "Discography Tonic". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
    • Sugar, "Open Up Your Eyes", "You Wanted More"/"Sugar": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 283.
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  8. ^ a b "Sludge Scans For February 2002 | Metal Sludge". 2014-09-20. Archived from the original on 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
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  12. ^ a b Semioli, Tom. "Head on Straight > Overview". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
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  15. ^ "Live and Enhanced - Tonic". Last.fm, Ltd. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
  16. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A Casual Affair:The Best of Tonic Overview". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
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  21. ^ "Tonic Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  22. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 65, No. 19, July 14, 1997". RPM. 2004-10-01. Retrieved 2010-02-07."Rock/Alternative - Volume 69, No. 18, August 23, 1999". RPM. 2004-10-01. Retrieved 2010-02-07."Rock/Alternative - Volume 70, No. 12, January 24, 2000". RPM. 2004-10-01. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
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  24. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  25. ^ "Nu Rock Traxx volume 47 - ERG Music's DJ CD Compilations". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  26. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Scream 2 Overview". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
  27. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours Overview". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
  28. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Clay Pigeons Overview". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  29. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "American Pie Overview". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  30. ^ "Suspicious Minds by Tonic". MySpace.com. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  31. ^ "Tonic - Go Your Own Way". 2009-01-21. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2010-02-22 – via YouTube.
  32. ^ "If You Could Only See - Tonic". Vevo. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  33. ^ "Open Up Your Eyes - Tonic". Vevo. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  34. ^ "Soldier's Daughter - Tonic". Vevo. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  35. ^ "You Wanted More - Tonic". Vevo. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  36. ^ "Mean To Me (Director's Cut) - Tonic". Vevo. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  37. ^ "Mean To Me (Official Video) (Gossip Version)". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  38. ^ "To Be Loved (Lyric Video)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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  40. ^ Magrino, Tom (2009-10-19). "Band Hero full setlist revealed". CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
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  42. ^ "Radio Songs Chart". Billboard.
  43. ^ "Radio Songs Chart". Billboard.
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