The Chi-Lites discography
This is the discography of American R&B/soul vocal group The Chi-Lites.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Record label | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | Give It Away | 180 | 16 | Brunswick | ||||||||||
| 1970 | I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine?) | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1971 | (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1972 | A Lonely Man | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | A Letter to Myself | 50 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Chi-Lites | 89 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | Toby | 181 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1975 | Half a Love | — | 41 | |||||||||||
| 1976 | Happy Being Lonely | — | — | Mercury | ||||||||||
| 1977 | The Fantastic Chi-Lites | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1980 | Heavenly Body | 179 | 42 | Chi-Sound | ||||||||||
| 1981 | Love Your Way Through | — | — | Excello | ||||||||||
| 1982 | Me and You | 162 | 31 | Chi-Sound | ||||||||||
| 1983 | Bottom's Up | 98 | 15 | Larc | ||||||||||
| 1984 | Steppin' Out | — | — | Private I | ||||||||||
| 1990 | Just Say You Love Me | — | 77 | Ichiban | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Help Wanted | — | — | Copper Sun | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Low Key | — | — | Mar-ance | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Record label | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | Greatest Hits | 55 | 4 | Brunswick | ||||||||||
| 1976 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1983 | Greatest Hits | — | — | Epic | ||||||||||
| 1992 | Greatest Hits | — | — | Rhino | ||||||||||
| 1996 | Inner City Blues | — | — | Brunswick | ||||||||||
| Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | — | — | Rhino | |||||||||||
| 1998 | Too Good to Be Forgotten | — | — | Demon | ||||||||||
| Remembered | — | — | UMG | |||||||||||
| Hit Highlights from The Chi-Lites | — | — | Diablo UK | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Have You Seen Her: Their Greatest Hits | — | — | Hallmark Recordings (UK) | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 20 Greatest Hits | — | — | Brunswick | ||||||||||
| 2002 | The Best of The Chi-Lites | — | — | EMI-Capitol | ||||||||||
| Have You Seen Her | — | — | Pure Gold/Disky Europe | |||||||||||
| 2003 | The Best of The Chi-Lites | — | — | Collectables | ||||||||||
| 2006 | The Ultimate Chi-Lites | — | — | Brunswick | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] |
AUS [2] |
IRE [3] |
UK [4][5] | ||||||||||
| 1964 | "You Did That to Me" (credited as The Hi-Lites) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1965 | "I'm So Jealous" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Ain't You Glad (Winter's Over)" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Never No More" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1966 | "Pretty Girl" (credited as Mashall & The Chi-Lites) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1967 | "Price of Love" (credited as Mashall & The Chi-Lites) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Love Me" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1968 | "(Um, Um) My Baby Loves Me" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1969 | "Give It Away" | 88 | 10 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was" (A-side) | 94 | 15 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "The Twelfth of Never" (B-side) | 122 | 47 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "To Change My Love" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1970 | "24 Hours of Sadness" | 119 | 30 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)" | 72 | 11 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)" | 72 | 8 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1971 | "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People" | 26 | 4 | — | — | 32 | ||||||||
| "We Are Neighbors" | 70 | 17 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me)" | 95 | 35 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Have You Seen Her" | 3 | 1 | — | 11 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1972 | "Oh Girl" | 1 | 1 | 58 | — | 14 | ||||||||
| "The Coldest Days of My Life (Part 1)" | 47 | 8 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "A Lonely Man" (A-side) | 57 | 25 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "The Man & the Woman (The Boy & the Girl)" (B-side) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "We Need Order" | 61 | 13 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1973 | "A Letter to Myself" | 33 | 3 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "My Heart Just Keeps on Breakin'" | 92 | 46 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Stoned Out of My Mind" | 30 | 2 | — | — | 53 | |||||||||
| "I Found Sunshine" | 47 | 17 | — | — | 35 | |||||||||
| 1974 | "Homely Girl" | 54 | 3 | — | 10 | 5 | ||||||||
| "I Forgot to Say I Love You Till I'm Gone" | — | — | — | — | 58 | |||||||||
| "There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table)" | 63 | 8 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "You Got to Be the One" | 83 | 15 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Too Good to Be Forgotten" | — | — | — | — | 10 | |||||||||
| "Toby" (A-side) | 78 | 7 | — | — | 54 | |||||||||
| "That's How Long" (B-side) | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1975 | "Have You Seen Her" / "Oh Girl" (re-release) | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | ||||||||
| "It's Time for Love" (A-side) | 94 | 27 | — | 12 | 5 | |||||||||
| "Here I Am" (B-side) | — | 87 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Don't Burn No Bridges" (with Jackie Wilson) | — | 91 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1976 | "The Devil Is Doing His Work" | — | 32 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "You Don't Have to Go" | — | 50 | — | 13 | 3 | |||||||||
| "Happy Being Lonely" | — | 30 | — | — | 59 | |||||||||
| 1977 | "Vanishing Love" (A-side) | — | 95 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "I Turn Away" (B-side) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "My First Mistake" | — | 63 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "If I Had a Girl" | — | 87 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1978 | "The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1979 | "Higher" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1980 | "The Only One for Me (One in a Million)" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Heavenly Body" | — | 36 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1981 | "Have You Seen Her" (re-recorded version) | — | 48 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Me and You" | — | 70 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1982 | "Hot on a Thing (Called Love)" | — | 15 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Try My Side (Of Love)" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1983 | "Bottom's Up" | — | 7 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Bad Motor Scooter" | — | 28 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Have You Seen Her" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | 100 | |||||||||
| "Changing for You" | — | — | — | — | 61 | |||||||||
| 1984 | "Stop What You're Doin'" | — | 33 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Gimme Whatcha Got" | — | 41 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1985 | "Hard Act to Follow" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1990 | "There's a Change" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1997 | "Help Wanted (Heroes Are in Short Supply)" | — | 95 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1998 | "Hold on to Your Dreams" | — | 93 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "US Charts > The Chi-Lites". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ↑ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "IRE Charts Search > The Chi-Lites". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
- ↑ "UK Charts > The Chi-Lites". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ↑ BMRB Chart 1970- 1976 Top 50 plus Top 10 Breakers
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