| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 5 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 1 | |
| ↙Singles | 14 | |
| ↙Soundtracks | 2 | |
The discography of American synth-boogie group The System consists of five studio albums, fourteen singles and one compilation album.
Formed around the year 1982, the group originally consisted of David Frank and Mic Murphy. It was disbanded in 1989, soon after their fifth studio album Rhythm & Romance came out.
Their most successful singles were "Don't Disturb This Groove" in 1987 and "You Are in My System" in 1983. "Don't Disturb This Groove" peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "You Are in My System" peaked at number sixty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number ten on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Most of the material were written by band members Mic Murphy and David Frank. However, the soundtrack material was written by different people, most notably "Coming to America" was written by Nile Rodgers.
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] | |||
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| US | U.S. R&B | JPN | UK | ||
| Sweat | #94 | #14 | — | — | |
| X-Periment | #182 | — | — | — | |
| Pleasure Seekers | — | #40 | — | — | |
| Don't Disturb This Groove | #62 | #13 | — | — | |
| Rhythm & Romance | — | #85 | — | — | |
| Title | Album details | US | U.S. R&B |
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| 1982 | "It's Passion" | — | #23 | — | — | Sweat | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | "You Are in My System" | #64 | #14 | #10 | #89 | |||||||||||||||
| 1983 | "I Won't Let Go" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 1984 | "Promises Can Break" | — | — | — | — | X-Periment | ||||||||||||||
| 1984 | "I Wanna Make You Feel Good" | — | — | — | #73 | |||||||||||||||
| 1985 | "This Is for You" | — | #43 | #8 | #78 | The Pleasure Seekers | ||||||||||||||
| 1985 | "The Pleasure Seekers" | — | #22 | #21 | — | |||||||||||||||
| 1985 | "I Don't Run From Danger" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 1987 | "Don't Disturb This Groove" | #4 | — | #1 | — | Don't Disturb This Groove | ||||||||||||||
| 1987 | "House Of Rhythm / Groove" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 1987 | "Nighttime Lover" | — | — | #7 | — | |||||||||||||||
| 1987 | "Come As You Are (Superstar)" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 1989 | "Midnight Special" | — | — | — | — | Rhythm & Romance | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | "I Wanna Be Your Lover" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 1989 | "Have Mercy" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[4][5] | Notes | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1984 | "Baptise The Beat" | — | — | — | — |
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| 1984 | "Rock & Roll Me Again" | — | — | — | — |
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| 1988 | "Coming to America" | #91 | — | #23 | — |
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