The Guess Who discography

This article is a discography of Canadian rock band The Guess Who.

Singles

Note that almost all of the band's early tracks, originally issued as by "Chad Allan and the Reflections", were later re-issued on albums that were jointly credited to "Chad Allan & the Expressions"/"Guess Who?" (i.e. both group names appeared on the album cover.)

Year Title Chart positions Album B-Side
Canada Australia UK Singles Chart[1] U.S.
1962 Chad Allan and the Reflections:
"Tribute to Buddy Holly"
(Geoff Goddard) 		- - - - Non-LP single "Back and Forth"
1963 Chad Allan and the Reflections:
"Shy Guy"
(Chad Allan)		 - - - - Shakin' All Over
Chad Allan and the Reflections:
"Inside Out"
(Allan)		 - - - - Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!)
1964 Chad Allan and the Reflections:
"Stop Teasing Me"
(Randy Bachman)		 - - - - Shakin' All Over /
Hey Ho, What You Do to Me		 "Shot of Rhythm 'N Blues"
1965 "Shakin' All Over"
(Johnny Kidd)		 1 27 - 22 Shakin' All Over "Till We Kissed"
"Tossin' and Turnin'"
(Richie Adams/Malou Rene)		 3 - - - "I Want You to Love Me"
"Hey Ho, What You Do to Me"
(Jo Armstead/Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson)		 3 - - 125 Hey Ho, What You Do to Me "Goodnight, Goodnight"
1966 "Hurting Each Other"
(Gary Geld/Peter Udell)		 19 - - - "Baby's Birthday"
"Believe Me"
(Bachman)		 10 - - - It's Time "Baby Feelin'"
"Clock on the Wall"
(Bachman)		 16 - - - "One Day"
"And She's Mine"
(Bachman)		 32 - - - "All Right"
1967 "His Girl"
(Johnny Cowell)		 19 - 45 - Non-LP singles,
later collected on
numerous compilations		 "It's My Pride"
"Pretty Blue Eyes"
(Teddy Randazzo/Robert Wilding)		 48 - - -
"This Time Long Ago"
(Jerry Langley/Jimmy Stewart)		 30 - - - "There's No Getting Away From You"
"Flying on the Ground is Wrong"
(Neil Young)		 36 - - - "If You Don't Want Me"
1968 "When Friends Fall Out"
(Bachman/Burton Cummings)		 75 - - - "Guess Who Blues"
"Of a Dropping Pin"
(Bachman/Cummings)		 97 - - - Canned Wheat "Mr. Nothin'"
1969 "These Eyes"
(Bachman/Cummings)		 7 100 - 6 Wheatfield Soul "Lightfoot"
"Laughing"
(Bachman/Cummings)		 1 - - 10 Canned Wheat "Undun"
"Undun"
(Bachman)		 21 73 - 22 "Laughing" (A-Side)
1970 "No Time"
(Bachman/Cummings)		 1 43 - 5 American Woman "Proper Stranger"
"American Woman"
(Bachman/Cummings/Garry Peterson/Jim Kale)		 1 43 19 1 "No Sugar Tonight"
"No Sugar Tonight"
(Bachman)		 1 - 19 1 "American Woman" (A-Side)
"Hand Me Down World"
(Kurt Winter)		 10 65 - 17 Share the Land "Runnin' Down the Street"
"Share the Land"
(Cummings)		 2 63 - 10 "Bus Rider"
1971 "Bus Rider"
(Winter)		 - 63 - - "Share the Land" (A-Side)
"Hang on to Your Life"
(Cummings/Winter)		 5 - - 43 "Do You Miss Me Darlin'"
"Proper Stranger"
(Bachman/Cummings)
(Australian release only)		 - 85 - - American Woman "No Time" (A-Side)
"Albert Flasher"
(Cummings)		 13 28 - 29 Non-LP single "Broken"
"Broken"
(Cummings/Winter)		 15 - - 55 "Albert Flasher" (A-Side)
"Rain Dance"
(Cummings/Winter)		 3 55 - 19 So Long, Bannatyne "One Divided"
"Sour Suite"
(Cummings)		 12 - - 50 "Life in the Bloodstream"
1972 "Life in the Bloodstream"
(Cummings/Winter)		 39 - - - "Sour Suite" (A-Side)
"Heartbroken Bopper"
(Cummings/Winter)		 12 83 - 47 Rockin' "Arrivederci Girl"
"Guns, Guns, Guns"
(Cummings)		 58 - - 70 "Heaven Only Moved Once Yesterday"
"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"
(Cummings/Winter)		 9 - - 96 Live at the Paramount "New Mother Nature"
1973 "Follow Your Daughter Home"
(Cummings/Donnie McDougall/Peterson/Bill Wallace/Winter)		 20 - - 61 Artificial Paradise "Bye Bye Babe"
"Orly"
(Cummings)		 21 - - - "The Watcher"
"Glamour Boy"
(Cummings)		 14 - - - #10 "Lie Down"
1974 "Star Baby"
(Cummings)		 9 95 - 39 Road Food "Musicione"
"Clap for the Wolfman"
(Cummings/Wallace/Winter)		 4 39 - 6 "Road Food"
1975 "Dancin' Fool"
(Cummings/Domenic Troiano)		 14 85 - 28 Flavours "Seems Like I Can't Live With You,
But I Can't Live Without You"
"Loves Me Like a Brother"
(Cummings/Troiano)		 21 - - - "Hoe Down Time"
"Seems Like I Can't Live With You,
But I Can't Live Without You"
(Cummings/Troiano)		 81 - - - "Dancin' Fool" (A-Side)
"Rosanne"
(Cummings/Troiano)		 58 - - 105 Power in the Music "Dreams"
"When the Band Was Singin' 'Shakin' All Over'"
(Cummings/Troiano)		 - - - 102 "Women"
1976 "Silver Bird"
(Bachman/Cummings)		 63 - - - The Way They Were "Runnin' Down the Street"
1979 "Sweet Young Thing"
(Kale/Vince Masters/McDougall/Winter)		 - - - - Guess Who's Back/
All This For A Song		 "It's Getting Pretty Bad"
"C'mon Little Mama"
(Kale/Masters/McDougall/Winter)		 - - - - "Moon Wave Maker"
1981 "Magic"
(writer not listed)		 - - - - Now and Not Then "All Over Now"

Music videos

Year Video
1969 "These Eyes"
"When You Touch Me"
"Laughing"
1970 "No Time"
"American Woman"
"Share the Land"
"Hang On To Your Life"
1971 "Albert Flasher"
1972 "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"

Studio Albums

Credited to "Chad Allan & the Expressions (Guess Who?)

(i.e. both names shown on the album cover)

Year Album Billboard 200 Record Label
1965 Shakin' All Over – Scepter Records
Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!) – Quality Records

As The Guess Who?

Year Album Billboard 200 Record Label
1966 It's Time – Quality Records
1968 A Wild Pair
Side 2 by The Staccatos		 – Nimbus 9 Records
1969 Wheatfield Soul 45 RCA Victor

As The Guess Who

Year Album Billboard 200 Record Label
1969 Canned Wheat 91 RCA Victor
1970 American Woman 9
Share the Land 14
1971 So Long, Bannatyne 52
1972 Rockin' 79
1973 Artificial Paradise 110
#10 155
1974 Road Food 60
1975 Flavours 48
Power in the Music 87
1976 The Way They Were –

Post Burton Cummings-era albums credited to The Guess Who

Year Album Billboard 200 Record Label
1978 Guess Who's Back – Aquarius Records
1979 All This for a Song –
1981 Now and Not Then – Line Records
1995 Liberty – Aquarius Records

Live Albums

Year Album Billboard 200 Record Label
1972 Live at the Paramount 39 RCA Victor
1984 Together Again – Ready Records
1986 The Best of the Guess Who Live – Compleat Records
1998 The Spirit Lives On – Greatest Hits Live – J-Bird Records
1999 Down The Road –
2000 Running Back Thru Canada – ViK. Recordings
2004 The Best of Running Back Thru Canada –
Extended Versions: The Encore Collection – SBME Special Products
2009 In Concert –

Compilation Albums

Year Album Billboard 200
1968 The Guess Who? –
1969 Sown and Grown in Canada –
1971 Guess Who Plays the Guess Who –
The Best of The Guess Who 12
1972 Shakin' All Over (re-issue) –
The History of the Guess Who –
Wild One –
1973 The Best of the Guess Who, Vol. 2 186
1977 The Greatest of the Guess Who 173
1988 Track Record: The Guess Who Collection –
1992 These Eyes –
1993 At Their Best –
1997 The Guess Who: The Ultimate Collection –
Razor's Edge –
1999 The Guess Who: Greatest Hits –
2001 This Time Long Ago –
2003 Platinum & Gold Collection: The Guess Who –
The Guess Who: Anthology –
2005 Let's Go –
2006 Bachman-Cummings Song Book –

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 237. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.