Rick James discography

Rick James in 1984

This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American funk/R&B singer/musician Rick James.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album Chart positions
Certifications[1] 		Record label
US
[2] 		US
R&B
[3] 		AUS
[4] 		CAN
[5] 		NLD
[6] 		NZ
[7] 		SWE
[8] 		UK
[9]
1978 Come Get It! 13 3 — 35 — — — — Gordy
1979 Bustin' Out of L Seven 16 2 — 16 — — — —
Fire It Up 34 5 — — — — — — * RIAA: Platinum[1]
1980 Garden of Love 83 17 — — — — — —
1981 Street Songs 3 1 76 24 19 13 — —
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[1]
1982 Throwin' Down 13 2 — 32 41 16 — 93
1983 Cold Blooded 16 1 — 67 — — 48 —
1985 Glow 50 7 — 89 36 — — —
1986 The Flag 95 16 — — — — — —
1988 Wonderful 148 12 — — — — — — Reprise
1989 Kickin' — — — — — — — —
1997 Urban Rapsody 170 31 — — — — — — Private I
2007 Deeper Still 185 19 — — — — — — Stone City
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified

Compilation albums

Year Album Chart positions Record label
US
[2] 		US
R&B
[3] 		CAN
[5]
1984 Reflections 41 10 96 Gordy
1994 Bustin' Out: The Best of Rick James — — — Motown
1997 Ultimate Collection — — —
2000 The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rick James — — —
2002 Anthology — — —
2004 Greatest Hits — — —
2005 Gold — — —
The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rick James, Vol. 2 — — —
2006 The Definitive Collection — — —
2014 The Complete Motown Albums — — —
"—" denotes the album failed to chart

Albums credited to The Stone City Band

Year Album Chart positions Record label
US
[2] 		US
R&B
[3]
1980 In 'N' Out 122 30 Gordy
1981 The Boys Are Back — 53
1983 Out from the Shadow — 56
"—" denotes the album failed to chart

Albums recorded as sideman

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Certifications Album
US
[10] 		US
R&B
[11] 		US
Dance
[12] 		AUS
[4] 		NLD
[6] 		NZ
[7] 		UK
[9]
1974 "My Mama" — — — — — — — non-album singles
1976 "Get Up and Dance" — — — — — — —
1978 "You and I" 13 1 3 — — — 46 Come Get It!
"Mary Jane" 41 3 — — — — —
"Hollywood" — — — — — — —
1979 "High on Your Love Suite" 72 12 — — — — — Bustin' Out of L Seven
"Bustin' Out" 71 8 — — — — —
"Fool on the Street" — 35 — — — — —
"Love Gun" — 13 32 — — — — Fire It Up
1980 "Come into My Life (Part 1)" — 26 — — — — —
"Big Time" — 17 38 — — — 41 Garden of Love
"Summer Love" — — — — — — —
1981 "Give It to Me Baby" 40 1 1 — — — 47 Street Songs
"Super Freak" 16 3 26 3 4 —
"Ghetto Life" 102 38 — — — —
"Mr. Policeman" — — — — — — —
1982 "Standing on the Top (Part 1)" (with The Temptations) 66 6 — — — — 53 Throwin' Down
"Dance wit' Me (Part 1)" 64 3 7 — 48 — 53
"Hard to Get" — 15 — — — — —
"She Blew My Mind (69 Times)" — 62 — — — — —
"Teardrops" — — — — — — —
"Throwdown" — — — — — — —
1983 "Cold Blooded" 40 1 17 — — — 93 Cold Blooded
"U Bring the Freak Out" 101 16 — — — — —
"Ebony Eyes" (with Smokey Robinson) 43 22 — — — — 96
1984 "17" 36 6 — — — — 76 Reflections
"You Turn Me On" — 31 — — — — 89
1985 "Can't Stop" 50 10 9 — — — — Glow
"Glow" 106 5 1 — 9 — 80
"Spend the Night with Me" — 41 — — — — —
1986 "Sweet and Sexy Thing" — 6 4 — — — — The Flag
"Forever and a Day" — — — — — — —
1988 "Loosey's Rap" (featuring Roxanne Shanté) — 1 25 — 29 — 80 Wonderful
"Wonderful" — 50 — — — — —
"Sexual Luv Affair" — — — — — — —
1989 "This Magic Moment"/"Dance with Me" (medley) — 74 — — — — — Rock, Rhythm & Blues
1997 "Player's Way" (featuring Snoop Dogg & Bobby Womack) — — — — — — — Urban Rapsody
"Turn It Out" — — — — — — —
2004 "On the Run" (with Bump J) — 62 — — — — — non-album single
2006 "In the Ghetto" (with Busta Rhymes) — 50 — — — — — The Big Bang
"—" denotes the single failed to chart

Writing and production discography

Albums

Year Artist Album details Peak chart
positions 		Certifications Notes
US
[14] 		US R&B
[15] 		CAN
[16] 		NZ
[17] 		AUS
[18] 		UK
[19]
1979 Teena Marie Wild And Peaceful
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Gordy
 94 18 — — — — Rick James produced and wrote

all the songs on the album

1982 Bobby Militello Rick James Presents Bobby M – Blow
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Gordy
 — — — — — —
1983 Mary Jane Girls Mary Jane Girls
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Gordy
 56 6 — — — 51 Rick James produced and wrote

all the songs on the album

1985 Mary Jane Girls Only Four You
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Gordy
 18 5 67 28 — — Rick James produced and wrote

all the songs on the album

Val Young Seduction
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Gordy
 — — — — — —
Eddie Murphy How Could It Be
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: CBS
 26 17 — — — — Rick James produced and wrote

two songs on the album

2014

(recorded

1986)

Mary Jane Girls Conversation
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Gordy
 — — — — — — Rick James produced and wrote

all the songs on the album

"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Artist Title Peak chart positions Certification Album Notes
US
[21] 		US
R&B
[21] 		US
Dan
[21] 		AUS
[22] 		BEL
[23] 		CAN
[16] 		IRE
[24] 		NLD
[25] 		NZ
[17] 		UK
[19]
1983 Mary Jane Girls "Candy Man" 101 23 8 — — — — — — 60 Mary Jane Girls Rick James wrote

and produced

all these songs

"All Night Long" 101 11 — — — 18 — — 13
"Boys" 102 29 — — — — — — 74
1984 "Jealousy" 106 84 — — — — — — — —
1985 "In My House" 7 3 1 19 8 6 — 6 6 77 Only Four You
"Wild and Crazy Love" 42 10 3 — 26 — — — — —
"Break It Up" — 79 33 — — — — — — —
Eddie Murphy "Party All the Time" 2 8 19 21 — — — — 3 87 How Could It Be
"How Could It Be"

(with Crystal Blake)

— 63 — — — — — — — —
1986 Mary Jane Girls "Walk Like a Man" 41 91 — — 26 97 — — 49 — Conversation
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

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