Richard Marx discography

Richard Marx discography
Releases
Studio albums 11
Live albums 3
Compilation albums 11
EPs 3
Singles 49
Music videos 31

The following is a discography for American singer-songwriter and record producer and arranger, Richard Marx. It includes the list of 10 studio albums (plus a Holiday album Christmas Spirit), 11 compilation albums, 3 live albums and 48 single releases, and along with chart rankings for each album and single and RIAA (and International) certifications for the albums.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
GER
[3]
JPN
[4]
NL
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
Richard Marx 8 7 45 34 68
Repeat Offender
  • Released: April 26, 1989
  • Label: EMI Manhattan
  • Format: CD, LP, CS
1 1 9 32 18 3 10 7 7 8
Rush Street
  • Released: October 28, 1991
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, LP, CS
35 11 33 29 69 31 12 27 17 7
Paid Vacation
  • Released: January 31, 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS
37 2 18 15 70 9 6 7 11
Flesh and Bone
  • Released: April 8, 1997
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, CS
70 52 16 58 24
Days in Avalon
My Own Best Enemy
  • Released: August 10, 2004
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Format: CD, digital download
126 213
Emotional Remains
  • Released: October 31, 2008
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Sundown
  • Released: October 31, 2008
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Christmas Spirit
  • Released: October 22, 2012
  • Label: Zanzibar Records, TourDForce
  • Format: CD, digital download
181
[A]
Beautiful Goodbye
  • Released: July 8, 2014
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
39
[B]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Notes

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[10]
Ballads
  • Released: August 10, 1994
  • Label: Toshiba EMI
  • Format: CD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
140 18 2 13 34
The Best of Richard Marx
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
The Essential Richard Marx
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • Format: CD
Timeline
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Signal 21 Records
  • Format: CD
Duo
  • with Matt Scannell
  • Released: May 12, 2008
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Stories to Tell
  • Released: March 2010/November 2010/May 2011
  • Label: Zanzibar Records/ Wrasse Records/ TourDForce
  • Format: CD, digital download

[B]
Hits & Ballads
  • Released: April 2, 2010
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: 2×CD
Inside My Head
Seven & Seven
  • Released: December 6, 2012
  • Label: Zanzibar Records/TourDForce
  • Format: CD
Now And Forever: The Ballads
  • Released: February 19, 2014
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Notes

Promotional albums

Title Album details
Marx
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD
Greatest Hits (1993)
His Songs, Your Life
The Music of Richard Marx: 1987–2009

Live albums

Title Album details
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006
  • Released: July 7, 2008
  • Label: Koch Records
  • Format: CD
Duo Live
  • Released: October 2010
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD
A Night Out With Friends
  • Released: June 19, 2012
  • Label: Zanzibar Records
  • Format: CD

Extended plays

Title Album details
Channel V at the Hard Rock Live
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Live Acoustic
  • Released: 30 November 2004
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Formats: digital download
The Christmas EP
  • Released: November 1, 2011
  • Label: Zanzibar Records/TourDForce
  • Formats:

Unofficial albums

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[15]
US AC/Rock
[!][15]
AC
AUS
[2]
GER
[16]
IRE
[17]
NL
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[18]
UK
[10]
JPN
FRN
1987 "Don't Mean Nothing" [A] 3 1 78 Richard Marx
"Should've Known Better" [B] 3 7 9 50 6
"Lonely Heart"[19] 60
1988 "Endless Summer Nights" 2 2 16 62 42 13 50 6
"Hold On to the Nights" 1 3 72 60
"Have Mercy" [A] 17
1989 "Satisfied" [A] 1 5 20 42 25 52 1 10 Repeat Offender
"Right Here Waiting" 1 1 1 12 1 4 1 4 7 6 2 1 10
"Angelia" 4 2 32 23 13 18 16 9 45 1 5
"Nothing You Can Do About It" [A] 12
1990 "Too Late to Say Goodbye" [A] 12 17 99 53 18 76 38 2
"Children of the Night" 13 6 58 54 4
1991 "Hard To Believe" (with Kevin Cronin, Bill Champlin, and David Crosby) CD single
"Keep Coming Back" 12 1 34 52 40 32 37 22 55 5 6 Rush Street
1992 "Hazard" 9 1 1 42 2 60 7 7 6 26 3 67 5
"Take This Heart" 20 4 11 21 48 13 92 9
"Chains Around My Heart" 44 9 59 29 44 9
"Can't Help Falling In Love"
"Playing With Fire" 9
1994 "Now and Forever" 7 1 16 54 18 21 8 11 13 2 Paid Vacation
"Silent Scream" 79 32 10
"The Way She Loves Me" 20 3 38
1995 "Nothing Left Behind Us" 74 11
"Haunt Me Tonight" (with Bruce Gaitsch) A Lyre in a Windstorm
1996 "Chaque Jour De Ta Vie (with Roch Voisine)" Kissing Rain
1997 "Until I Find You Again" 42 3 15 144 Flesh and Bone
"Touch Of Heaven"
"Every Day Of Your Life" (duet with Ryo Aska) 39
1998 "Slipping Away" Greatest Hits
"Thanks To You"
"Angel's Lullaby" 48
1998 "At the Beginning" (with Donna Lewis)[E] 45 2 64 77 70 Anastasia (soundtrack)
2000 "Days in Avalon" 25 Days in Avalon
2001 "Straight From My Heart"
2004 "When You're Gone" [C] 20 My Own Best Enemy
2005 "Nothing Left To Say"
"Ready to Fly" [D] 22 48
2010 "Everybody" Stories to Tell
2011 "When You Loved Me" 16
"When Love Is All You've Got" (with George Canyon) Better Be Home Soon
"Christmas Spirit" 15 The Christmas EP/Christmas Spirit
2012 "Wouldn't Let Me Love You" Inside My Head
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (with Sara Niemietz) Christmas Spirit
"Little Drummer Boy" 7
"Christmas Mornings"
"O Holy Night" 19
2013 "Just Go" Beautiful Goodbye
"All Through The Night" (with Heart) 16 Heart Christmas Single 2013
2014 "Whatever We Started" 29 27 Beautiful Goodbye
"Beautiful Goodbye"

Music videos

Year Song Director
1987 "Don't Mean Nothing" Dominic Sena
1987 "Should've Known Better" Dominic Sena
1988 "Endless Summer Nights" Greg Gold
1988 "Hold On To The Nights" Dominc Sena
1989 "Satisfied" Dominic Sena
1989 "Right Here Waiting" Jim Yukich
1989 "Angelia" Michael Bay
1990 "Too Late To Say Goodbye" Jim Yukich
1990 "Children Of The Night" Greg Gold
1991 "Keep Coming Back" Peter Care
1992 "Hazard" Michael Haussman
1992 "Take This Heart" Jim Yukich
1992 "Chains Around My Heart" Peter Nydrle
1994 "Now And Forever" Mark Lindquist
1994 "Silent Scream" Kiefer Sutherland
1994 "The Way She Loves Me" Jim Yukich
1995 "Beautiful"
1997 "Until I Find You Again" Karen Bellone
1998 "Slipping Away" Bill Ward
1998 "Thanks To You" Bill Ward
1998 "Angel's Lullaby" Bill Ward
1998 "At The Beginning"
2004 "When You're Gone" Brent Hedgecock
2005 "Ready To Fly" Brent Hedgecock
2011 "When Love Is All You've Got"
2012 "Wouldn't Let Me Love You"
2012 "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
2012 "Little Drummer Boy"
2012 "Christmas Mornings"
2012 "Christmas Spirit" Richard Marx
2014 "Whatever We Started" Deborah Anderson
2014 "Beautiful Goodbye" Scott Brasher

Official YouTube lyric videos

Year Song
2011 "When You Loved Me"
2011 "Christmas Spirit"
2012 "Wouldn't Let Me Love You"
2013 "Just Go"

Singles composed for other artists

Year Single Peak chart positions artist
US
CND
AUS
GER
IRE
NL
NZ
ITA
UK
JPN
1984 "What About Me" 1 1 49 Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, & James Ingram
1985 "Crazy" 1 1 56 Kenny Rogers
1985 "Somebody Took My Love" 30 Durell Coleman
1986 "The Best Of Me" 6 3 David Foster & Olivia Newton-John
1989 "Edge Of A Broken Heart" 24 Vixen
1989 "Nothing To Hide" 10 8 Poco
1989 "Surrender To Me" 6 Ann Wilson & Robin Zander
1989 "The Best Of Me" 63 61 2 55 25 2 Cliff Richard
1993 "The Reason Why" John Farnham
1995 "Every Year, Every Christmas" 47 43 Luther Vandross
1997 "Without You" Samantha Cole
1999 "If You Ever Leave Me 29 26 Barbra Streisand & Vince Gill
1999 "One More Time' 76 42 Laura Pausini
1999 "The Last Words You Said" Sarah Brightman
1999 "Right Here Waiting" 101 Monica
2000 "Angel On My Shoulder" 14 Natalie Cole
2000 "This I Promise You" 1 8 42 37 32 21 N Sync
2001 "Still Holding Out For You" 27 SheDaisy
2001 "To Where You Are" 1 Josh Groban
2003 "Dance With My Father" 4 21 Luther Vandross
2003 "Life Got In The Way" 36 Sister Hazel
2003 "Someday" 31 Vince Gill
2003 "With This Ring" 22 Kenny Loggins
2004 "I Miss Us" 18 Kenny Loggins
2004 "Last One Standing" 21 Emerson Drive
2004 "Without You" 1 Kimberley Locke
2004 "World Inside My Head" Sister Hazel
2005 "Better Life" 1 Keith Urban
2005 "If You Were My Girl Emerson Drive
2007 "Everybody" 5 71 Keith Urban
2006 "Suddenly" Toni Braxton
2007 "You Never Take Me Dancing" 27 Travis Tritt
2008 "Just Like You" 64 George Canyon
2008 "One Little Miracle 22 Hawk Nelson
2009 "All Over Me" 2 Default
2009 "All Or Nothing" 99 George Canyon
2009 "In Your Arms Again George Canyon & Crystal Shawanda
2010 "Fear Of Falling" Katherine Jenkins
2010 "Long Hot Summer" 1 35 82 Keith Urban
2011 "Surrender" 98 George Canyon
"Dance With My Father" Joe McElderry

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