Sam Sparro discography

Sam Sparro discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 2
↙EPs 4
↙Singles 13
↙Music videos 17
↙Promotional singles 5
↙Mixtapes 1
↙Remixes 16

Sam Sparro, the Australian born pop, dance, house, and soul singer-songwriter, producer, & remix engineer, has released two studio albums. His eponymous debut album, Sam Sparro, released through both Modus Vivendi and Island Records, has been certified Gold. His sophomore effort, Return to Paradise was released with EMI. He has released one mixtape, Mechanical. independently via his SoundCloud account, and four Extended plays. Of his extended plays he has released three, Black + Gold, London Festival '08, and Pink Cloud, through both Island Records and Modus Vivendi, choosing to release Quantum Physical, Vol. 1, independently.

As a lead artist, Sparro has released nine singles and five promotional singles, including the international hit, which garnered him a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording in 2009, "Black and Gold", as well as his Belgian Platinum selling single, "Happiness". He is also known for his single "21st Century Life" which experienced some commercial success, following "Black and Gold", and in beglium for "Yellow Orange Rays'" minimal success following "Happiness". The single "Pocket" also charted in Australia. Additionally, Sparro has been featured on four singles, including songs by Beni, Mason (with DMC), and Plastic Plates; the most successful of the four being Feelings Gone from Basement Jaxx's fifth studio album, Scars.

Sparro has also made numerous other album appearances through featured vocal performances, remix engineering, and songwriting. Sparro has written 3 songs with Adam Lambert that have appeared on Lambert's albums, For Your Entertainment, Glam Nation Live, and Trespassing, and remixed songs for Kimbra, OK Go, Livvi Franc, Sky Ferreira, Miami Horror, Penguin Prison, Lolene, Saint Motel, O'Spada, and Love Grenades. Cameo Lover, the song Sparro remixed for Kimbra, has been featured as a bonus track on her Platinum selling debut album, Vows.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[1]		 AUT
[2]		 IRE
[3]		 BEL
(Vl)
[4]		 UK
[5]		 US
Dance
[6]		 US
Heat
[7]
Sam Sparro 23 59 27 94 4 9 16
Return to Paradise
  • Release date: 1 June 2012
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 41 — — 35 — — —
"—" denotes that the release did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Mixtapes

Title Album details
Mechanical.
  • Released: 2013[9]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download

Extended plays

Title Album details
Black + Gold[10]
  • Released: January 2007[11]
  • Label: Modus Vivendi
  • Formats: CD, Digital download (Rhapsody exclusive)[12]
London Festival '08[13]
  • Released: 27 July 2008
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: Digital download
Pink Cloud[14]
  • Released: 24 December 2010[15]
  • Label: Island/Modus Vivendi
  • Formats: Digital download
Quantum Physical, Vol. 1[16]
  • Released: 1 October 2014[17]
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[1][18]		 AUT
[2]		 BEL
(Vl)
[4][19]		 EUR
[20]		 IRE
[3]		 ITA
[21]		 DEN
[22]		 NZ
[23]		 POL
[24]		 UK
[5]		 US
Dance
[25]
"Cottonmouth" 2007 — — — — — — — — — — — Sam Sparro
"Black and Gold" 2008 4 50 15 5 5 13 10 12 — 2 12
"21st Century Life" 42 — 8 — — — — — — 44 —
"Pocket" 33 — — — — — — — — — —
"Pink Cloud" 2010 — — — — — — — — — — — Pink Cloud[28]
"Happiness" 2012 — — 1 — — 16 — — 3 — — Return to Paradise
"I Wish I Never Met You" — — — — — — — — — — —
"Yellow Orange Rays"[30] — — 74 — — — — — — — —
"Spread a Little Love" 2013 Non-album release — "Hang on 2 Your Love" (featuring Durand Bernarr) 2013 — — — — — — — — — — — Quantum Physical, Vol. 1
"—" denotes that the release did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a featured artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
BEL
(Vl)
Dance
[31]		 BEL
(Wa)
Dance
[32]		 UK
[33]
"Feelings Gone"
(with Basement Jaxx)		 2009 — — 122 Scars
"Maximus"
(with Beni)		 16 16 — Maximus - EP[34]
"Corrected"
(with Mason and DMC)		 2010 — — — They Are Among Us
"Stay in Love"
(with Plastic Plates)		 2014 — — — Non-album release[35]
"Out of My Mind"
(with Droid Bishop)		 — — — Beyond the Blue[36]
"—" denotes that the release did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Track listings for maxi singles that failed to chart

Promotional singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album Notes
BEL
(Vl)
[19]
"Too Many Questions" 2008 — Sam Sparro[38] Only released in New Zealand to the county's iTunes store.
"Soles of Fire" 2009 — Non-album release Released under the name "Chauffeur", a short lived musical group consisting of singer Sam Sparro, rapper Theophilus London, & producer Mark Ronson. Both singles were released exclusively to limited edition vinyl pressings only available with the purchase of Mark Ronson and Gucci’s shoe collaboration.[39]
"Glamorous Life" —
"The Shallow End" 2012 6 Return to Paradise[40]
Originally written and produced by Sparro for Lexus's December to Remember 2013 Ad Campaign, it was released by the company in a promotional music video and for free download on Sparro's Soundcloud account.[41][42]
"—" denotes that the release did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

The following have been officially released, but are not featured on a main release by Sparro.

Year Title Appearance Artist Notes
2006 "Pencilhead" Groovin' Through Munich - EP[43] DJ Circle (featuring Sam Sparro)

Written by Fabian Wondrak; Sam Sparro

2007 "Sally" (The Soul Warriors ElectroFunk Remix) Modus Vivendi Music, Vol. 2 [44] Sam Sparro Additional production by Robert Schmidbauer and Sascha Sprenger
2008 "American Boy" Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3 [45] Sam Sparro Live cover version of a song by British singer Estelle. The cover also appears as a B-Side to the single 21st Century Life.
2009 "Maximus" (White) Maximus - EP[34] Beni and Sam
Sparro[46]		 Written by Kim Moyes, Sam Sparro
2010 "Black N Gold" More About Nothing - Mixtape[47] Wale (featuring Sam Sparro)

Produced by Kosmik and DJ Omega

"Coulda Woulda Shoulda" As U Were[48] Lyrics Born (featuring Sam Sparro)

Written by T. Shimura, S. Sparro, U. Duffy, S Wyreman, A. Theis, K. Ouano

2011 "The Third of the Storms" Capricorn Rising[49][50][51] Mike Simonetti (featuring Sam Sparro)

Album released to limited vinyl pressing and digital download.

"End Is The Beginning" Dream Service[52] The Bottletop Band (featuring Sam Sparro)

All album & single profits go to charity.

"Your Body" House of Beni[53] Beni (featuring Sam Sparro) Written by B. Single, F. Nikolic, S. Falson
"High Off Your Love" (featuring Sam Sparro)

Written by B. Single, N. Routledge, S. Falson, K. Moyes

2012 "Shady" Trespassing[54] Adam Lambert (featuring Nile Rodgers & Sam Sparro)

Written by Adam Lambert, Lester Mendez, Sam Sparro

"Coulda Woulda Shoulda" (Party Ben Remix) As U Were (Remixes)[55] Lyrics Born (featuring Sam Sparro)

Additional production by Ben Gill

"Coulda Woulda Shoulda" (Mocean Worker Remix) (featuring Sam Sparro)

Additional production by Adam Dorn

2013 "Glow in the Dark" Hide[56] The Bloody Beetroots (featuring Sam Sparro)

Written by Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo

Unless otherwise specified, song credits adapted from the liner notes of the albums from which they feature.

Special releases

Title Year Notes
"Get Lucky" 2013 Cover of the song by Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams, the song was released to Sparro's SoundCloud and YouTube accounts.[57]
"Rock the Boat" 2015 Cover of the song by Aaliyah, the song was released to Sparro's SoundCloud account on 2 January 2015.[58]

Remixes

Title Year Artist Appearance(s) Notes
"Young Lovers" (Sam Sparro Edit) 2007 Love Grenades Modus Vivendi Music, Vol. 2[44] Remixed by Sam Sparro and Jesse Rogg
2008 Tigers in the Fire - EP[59]
"Now I'm That Bitch" (Sam Sparro Remix) [Explicit] 2009 Livvi Franc Now I'm That Bitch - Remixes[60] Remixed by Sam Sparro and Jesse Rogg

(Original mix featured Pitbull)

"Now I'm That Chick" (Sam Sparro Remix) [Edited]
"Now I'm That Bitch" (Sam Sparro & Golden Extended Mix) [Explicit] Special SoundCloud Release[61]
"Sexy People" (Sam Sparro & Golden's Starlight Mix) Lolene Sexy People[62][63] Remixed by Sam Sparro and Jesse Rogg
"Sexy People" (Sam Sparro & Golden's Starlight Dub)
"Sexy People" (Sam Sparro & Golden's Starlight Radio Edit)
"Pay Off" (Sam Sparro & Golden WERQ remix) 2010 O'Spada Digital Single[64]
"Dear Dictator" (Sam Sparro Remix) Saint Motel N/A Remixed by Sam Sparro
"Obsession" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Club Mix) Sky Ferreira Obsession - The Remixes (US Promo)[65] (Additional Vocals by Sam Sparro)

Remixed by Sam Sparro and Jesse Rogg

"Obsession" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Dub)
"Obsession" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Radio Mix)
"White Knuckles" (Sam Sparro Remix) OK Go White Knuckles - EP[66] Remixed by Sam Sparro
"Holidays" (Sam Sparro and Golden Touch Remix)
(featuring Alan Palomo)		 Miami Horror Holidays - EP[67] Remixed by Sam Sparro and Jesse Rogg
"Golden Train" (Sam Sparro Remix) 2011 Penguin Prison Golden Train[68] Remixed by Sam Sparro
"Cameo Lover" (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Remix) Kimbra Vows - iTunes Deluxe Version[68] (Additional Vocals by Sam Sparro)

Remixed by Sam Sparro and Jesse Rogg

Settle Down - EP[69]

Writing credits

The following have been written by Sparro, but do not feature him as a vocal artist.

Title Year Artist Appearance Writing credits
"VooDoo" 2009 Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment[70] Adam Lambert, Sam Sparro, Jesse Rogg
"VooDoo" (Live) 2011 Glam Nation Live[71]
"Broken English" 2012 Trespassing[54] Adam Lambert, Lester Mendez, Sam Sparro
Song credits adapted from the liner notes of the albums from which they feature.

Music videos

Title Year Director(s)
"Cottonmouth" 2007 Mariah Garnett[72][73]
"Black and Gold" (version one) 2008
"Black and Gold" (version two) AlexandLiane[74]
"21st Century Life" Mariah Garnett[75]
"Pink Cloud" 2010 Franc Fernandez[76]
"The Shallow End" 2012 Unknown[77]
"Happiness" Mike Rosenthal[78][79]
"I Wish I Never Met You"
"Spread a Little Love" 2013 Unknown[80]
"Hang On 2 Your Love" 2014 Unknown[81]

As featured artist

Title Year Director(s)
"Young Lovers" (Sam Sparro Edit)
(with Love Grenades)		 2008 Unknown[82]
"Feelings Gone"
(with Basement Jaxx)		 Andy Soup[83]
"Maximus"
(with Beni)		 2009 Rhett and Warran[84]
"Dear Dictator (Sam Sparro Remix)"
(with Saint Motel)		 2010 Saint Motel[85]
"Coulda Woulda Shoulda"
(with Lyrics Born)		 Yoram Benz[86]
"The Third of the Storms"
(with Mike Simonetti)		 Mike Simonetti & Generatto[87]

Other music video appearances

Title Year Director(s)
"Young Lovers"
(Love Grenades)		 2008 Steve Lee[88]

References

General
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