| Eddy Grant | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Edmond Montague Grant |
| Born | 5 March 1948 |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Reggae |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Labels | Ice, Capitol |
Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a musician, born in Plaisance, Guyana.[1]
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When he was still a young boy, his parents emigrated to London, UK, where he settled. He lived in Kentish Town and went to school at the Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park. He had his first number one hit in 1968, when he was the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the group The Equals, with his self-penned song "Baby Come Back".[2] The tune also later topped the UK Singles Chart again when covered by Pato Banton.[3] Notably, he openly used his songwriting for political purposes, especially against the then-current apartheid regime of South Africa. The Clash recorded a version of "Police On My Back" for their Sandinista! set.
Grant set up his own recording company, Ice Records and the Coach House studio,[1] but more recently has returned to the West Indies from London, choosing Barbados as a more realistic venue for a recording company, rather than his country of origin. He has also produced for the likes of Sting, Mick Jagger and Elvis Costello.
| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 13 | |
| ↙Live albums | 1 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 8 | |
| ↙Singles | 18 | |
| Year | Information | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [6] |
NZ [7] |
US | ||
| 1977 | Message Man
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| 1979 | Walking on Sunshine
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| 1980 | Love in Exile
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- | - | - |
| 1981 | Can't Get Enough
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39 | 43 | - |
| 1982 | Killer on the Rampage
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7 | 9 | 10 |
| 1984 | Going for Broke
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- | - | 64 |
| 1986 | Born Tuff
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| 1988 | File Under Rock
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- | 24 | - |
| 1990 | Barefoot Soldier
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| 1992 | Paintings of the Soul
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| 1993 | Soca Baptism
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| 2001 | Hearts and Diamonds
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| 2006 | Reparation
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [8] |
GER [9] |
IRE [10] |
NL [11] |
NZ [12] |
US [13] |
US Dan [14] |
US R&B [15] |
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| 1979 | "Living on the Front Line" | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Walking on Sunshine | ||||
| "Walking on Sunshine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | ||||||
| 1980 | "Do You Feel My Love" | 8 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | Can't Get Enough | ||||
| 1981 | "Can't Get Enough of You" | 13 | 22 | 19 | — | 26 | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Love You, Yes I Love You" | 37 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1982 | "I Don't Wanna Dance" | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 53 | — | — |
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Killer on the Rampage | |||
| 1983 | "Electric Avenue" | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 18 | |||||
| "War Party" | 42 | 47 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Till I Can't Take Love No More" | 42 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Going for Broke | |||||
| 1984 | "Romancing the Stone" | 52 | 42 | — | — | 28 | 26 | 12 | — | |||||
| "Boys in the Street" | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1988 | "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | File Under Rock | ||||
| "Harmless Piece of Fun" | 90 | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Put a Hold on It" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1989 | "Walking on Sunshine" (re-issue) | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Best of Eddy Grant | ||||
| 2001 | "Electric Avenue" (remix) | 5 | 68 | 11 | 31 | — | — | 16 | — | The Greatest Hits | ||||
| "Walking on Sunshine" (remix) | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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| UK [8] |
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| 1984 | "Living on the Front Line" | 47 | Non-album song |