Cher singles discography

Cher singles discography
Releases
Singles 76
Promotional singles 10
Other appearances 12

The singles discography of American singer-actress Cher consists of seventy-three official singles as well as twenty promotional singles and eleven other appearances. For Cher's albums discography, see Cher albums discography. Unless otherwise noted, U.S. chart positions indicate the work's peak on the Billboard single chart or Hot 100. Cher's career as a recording artist spans six decades.

Contents

Singles

1960s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[1]
U.S. Sales U.S. Club
[1]
U.S. AC
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
UK
[7]
1965 "All I Really Want to Do" 15 68 26 9 All I Really Want to Do
"Where Do You Go" 25 22 95 The Sonny Side of Chér
1966 "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" 2 11 6 9 17 3 3
"Alfie" 32 96 26 Chér
"I Feel Something in The Air" 43
"Sunny" 32
"Ma Piano (Per Non Svegliarmi)"[A] Mama
"Behind the Door" 97 With Love, Chèr
"Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)"[B] 124 45
1967 "Hey Joe" 94
"You Better Sit Down Kids" 9 100 7
"Mama (Italian Version)"[A] Mama
1968 "The Click Song" Backstage
"Take Me for a Little While"
"Yours Until Tomorrow" Non-album single
1969 "For What It's Worth"[C] 125 88 3614 Jackson Highway
"I Walk on Guilded Splinters"
"The First Time"
"Chastity's Song (Band of Theives)" Chastity
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

1970s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[1]
U.S. Sales U.S. Club
[1]
U.S. AC
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
UK
[7]
1971 "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" 1 6 5 1 25 3 4 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
1972 "The Way of Love" 7 2 42 5
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" Superpack Vol 1
"Living in a House Divided" 22 2 61 17 Foxy Lady
"Don't Hide Your Love" 46
1973 "Am I Blue?"[D] 111 Bittersweet White Light
"Half-Breed" 1 3 4 1 29 Half-Breed
"Carousel Man"
1974 "Dark Lady" 1 3 17 1 36 Dark Lady
"Train of Thought" 27 9 84 22
"I Saw a Man and He Danced with His Wife" 42 3
"Rescue Me"
"A Woman's Story" Non-album singles
"Baby, I Love You"
1975 "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
(Nilsson & Cher)
All Meat
"These Days" Stars
"Geronimo's Cadillac"
1976 "Long Distance Love Affair" I'd Rather Believe in You
1977 "Pirate" 93 Cherished
"War Paint and Soft Feathers"
1979 "Take Me Home" 8 1 2 19 10 Take Me Home
"Wasn't It Good" 49
"It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)" 87
"Hell on Wheels" 59 Prisoner
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

1980s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[1]
U.S. Sales U.S. Club
[1]
U.S. AC
[1]
AUS
[2][12]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
UK
[7]
1981 "Dead Ringer for Love"[E] (Meat Loaf ft. Cher) 65 5 Dead Ringer
1982 "Rudy" I Paralyze
"I Paralyze"
1987 "I Found Someone" 10 8 33 8 12 4 5 Cher
1988 "We All Sleep Alone" 14 12 11 76 47
"Skin Deep" 79 41
"Bang-Bang"
1989 "After All" (Cher and Peter Cetera) 6 4 1 50 6 24 84 Chances Are
"If I Could Turn Back Time" 3 2 1 1 14 7 16 6 6 Heart of Stone
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

1990s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[1]
U.S. Sales U.S. Club
[1]
U.S. AC
[1]
AUS
[2][12]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
UK
[7]
1990 "Just Like Jesse James" 8 6 9 14 8 38 10 11 Heart of Stone
"Heart of Stone" 20 21 30 60 26 24 43
"You Wouldn't Know Love" 29 55
"Baby I'm Yours" 89 Mermaids
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"[F] 33 23 50 7 4 1 21 3 1 1
1991 "Love and Understanding" 17 38 3 23 6 8 20 7 10 Love Hurts
"Save Up All Your Tears" 37 40 16 18 56 30 37
"Love Hurts" 43
1992 "Could've Been You" 75 31
"When Lovers Become Strangers" 15
"Oh No Not My Baby" 30 52 33 Greatest Hits: 1965-1992
"Whenever You're Near" 72
1993 "Many Rivers to Cross" (live from The Mirage) 37
"I Got You Babe" (Cher with Beavis and Butt-head)[G] 108 35 The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
1994 "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Cher & Larry Adler) The Glory of Gershwin
1995 "Love Can Build a Bridge"
(Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry With Eric Clapton)
18 62 1 Non-album single
"Walking in Memphis" 17 63 11 It's a Man's World
1996 "One by One" 52 52 7 9 13 7
"Not Enough Love in the World" 31
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" 26
"Paradise Is Here" 11
1998 "Believe" 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 Believe
1999 "Strong Enough" 57 35 1 29 11 4 15 3 11 5
"All or Nothing" 38 1 12 38 12 44 26 12
"Dov'è l'amore"[H] 104 38 1 49 38 31 21
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

2000s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[1]
U.S. Sales U.S. Club
[1]
U.S. AC
[1]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
UK
[7]
2001 "Più Che Puoi" (Eros Ramazzotti with Cher) Stilelibero
"The Music's No Good Without You" 11 19 23 24 5 27 25 8 Living Proof
2002 "Alive Again" 27
"Song for the Lonely" 85 7 1 11 18
"A Different Kind of Love Song"[I] 105 11 1 30
2003 "When the Money's Gone"[J] 114 7 1
"Love One Another" 7 2
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Rod Stewart & Cher) 17 As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

2010s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[1]
U.S. Sales U.S. Club
[1]
U.S. AC
[1]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
UK
[7]
2010 "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" 1[17] Burlesque
2012 "The Greatest Thing" (with Lady GaGa) To be released TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Notes:

Promotional singles

Year Song Notes
1964 "Ringo, I Love You"
  • The first song recorded by Cher as a solo artist.[23] It was released only as a promotional single (Annette Records 1000) under the pseudonym Bonnie Jo Mason.[23]
"Dream Baby"
  • From her 1965 debut studio album All I Really Want to Do. The song was her first official single and was released as Cherilyn.[24]
1970 "Superstar"
  • The final song that Cher recorded under the Atco Records label was the Stan Vincent produced "Superstar".[25] The song appeared on a one-sided white label DJ promotional single.[25]
"(Just Enough to Keep Me) Hangin' On"
  • The mono version was released as a one-sided white label DJ promotional single.[25]
1971 "Don't Put It on Me"
  • B-side to the 1972 single "The Way of Love". "Don't Put It On Me" was released only for radio station in North America. In UK the song was released on April 7, 1971,[26] also here as a 7" promotional single.
1979 "Holdin' out for Love"
  • From the 1979 studio album Prisoner. "Holdin' Out For Love" was released as a promotional single in North America, UK and Japan. In North America was released as a DJ Promo,[27] in UK "Outrageous" is on its B-side,[28] while "Boys and Girls" was the B-side in the Japanese single.[29]
1988 "Main Man"
  • Originally to be released as the fifth and final single from Cher. The song was released only as a promotional single for North America and Canada. In Canada the song was released as a 7" single,[30] while in North America as a one-track CD.[31]
1999 "The Star Spangled Banner" (live)
2000 "If I Could Turn Back Time" (Almighty Definitive Mix)
  • From the 1989 studio album Heart of Stone. The song was later remixed for the UK 12" Vinyl Promo Almighty v Cher, released by Eternal/WEA.[34] The 12" contains two other mixes of "If I Could Turn Back Time" and mixes of "Believe" and "One by One".[34]

Other appearances

Year Song Notes
1976 "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
  • A duet with Harry Nilsson appears on the Warner Bros. compilation All Meat.[35] It was released as a single, but didn't enter in the charts[36] due to contract problems between Spector/Warner Bros., RCA (Nilsson) and MCA (Cher).[37]
1978 "Living in Sin"
  • Performed by Gene Simmons on his debut studio album, Gene Simmons. Cher sang only in one verse on backing vocals as the telephone groupie.[38]
1992 "Just Begin Again"
1993 "I Got You Babe"
1994 "It Ain't Necessarily So"
  • A collaboration with Larry Adler, recorded for the compilation The Glory Of Gershwin.[41] The song was also released as a single, but didn't enter in the charts.
1996 "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes"
  • Appears on the compilation For Our Children Too!: To Benefit Pediatric AIDS Foundation.[42]
1999 "Crimson and Clover"
"The Star Spangled Banner" (live)
  • Appears on the compilation Sing America.[44]
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
2000 "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)"
  • Performed by rock band Majic Ship from the album Songwaves Project, Cher sings backing vocals.[46]
2003 "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
2003 "Human"
  • The song appears in the film Stuck on You, and is produced by David Foster for the soundtrack. There was no official release, but in Germany the song was released on a promotional CD of the soundtrack called "Unzertrennlich" and that version clocks 3:49. The song can be heard during the end credits of the film and is played during a scene in a club. This is the first Farrelly Brothers film not to have an Official Soundtrack.

See also

Notes

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References

  • Coplon, Jeff; Cher (1999), The First Time, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 067103488X 
  • Williams, Richard (2003), Phil Spector: out of his head, Omnibus Press, ISBN 0711998647 
  • Taraborrelli, J. Randy (1992), Cher: A Biography, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312131704 
  • Rees, Dafydd; Crampton, Luke (1991), Rock movers & shakers, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 0874366615 

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