Curtis Mayfield / discography

Curtis Mayfield, 1972

This discography is an overview of the released sound carriers by the American soul musician Curtis Mayfield .

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	UK	US	R&B	Remarks
1970	Curtis curtom 8005	UK30 (1 week) UK	US19th gold (49 weeks)US	R&B1 (43 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1970 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1971	Roots Curtom 8009	-	US40 (19 weeks) US	R&B6 (18 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1971 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1972	Superfly Curtom 8014	UK26 (2 weeks) UK	US1 gold (46 weeks)US	R&B1 (36 weeks) R&B	First release: July 1972 Soundtrack for the film of the same name Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1973	Back to the World Curtom 8015	-	US16 gold (26 weeks)US	R&B1 (25 weeks) R&B	First published: May 1973 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1974	Claudine Buddah Records 5602	-	US35 gold (34 weeks)US	R&B1 (34 weeks) R&B	First release: April 1974 with Gladys Knight & the Pips soundtrack for the film of the same name. Producer: Curtis Mayfield
	Sweet Exorcist Curtom 8601	-	US39 (22 weeks) US	R&B2 (27 weeks) R&B	First published: May 1974 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
	Got to Find a Way Curtom 8604	-	US76 (7 weeks) US	R&B17 (12 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1974 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1975	(There's No Place Like) America Today Curtom 5001	-	US120 (11 weeks) US	R&B13 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: May 1975 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1975	Let's Do It Again Curtom 5005	-	US20 (18 weeks) US	R&B1 (23 weeks) R&B	First release: September 1975 with The Staple Singers soundtrack to the film of the same name. Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1976	Give, Get, Take and Have Curtom 5007	-	US171 (8 weeks) US	R&B16 (15 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1976 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1977	Never Say You Can't Survive Curtom 5013	-	US173 (3 weeks) US	R&B32 (8 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1977 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1977	Short Eyes Curtom 5017	-	-	R&B59 (3 weeks) R&B	First release: November 1977 Soundtrack for the film of the same name Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1978	Do It All Night Curtom 5022	-	-	R&B52 (6 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1978 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1979	Heartbeat RSO 3053	-	US42 (16 weeks) US	R&B19 (25 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1979 Producers: Curtis Mayfield, Bunny Sigler, Norman Harris, Ronald Tyson
1980	The Right Combination RSO 3084	-	US180 (4 weeks) US	R&B53 (4 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1980 with Linda Clifford Producers: Curtis Mayfield, Bruce Gray, Gil Askey, Norman Harris
1980	Something to Believe In RSO 3077	-	US128 (10 weeks) US	R&B33 (15 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1980 Producers: Curtis Mayfield, Gil Askey
1981	Love Is the Place Boardwalk 33239	-	-	R&B39 (24 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1981 Producers: Dino Fekaris, Curtis Mayfield
1982	Honesty Boardwalk 33256	-	-	R&B49 (10 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1982 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1988	Superfly (Reissue) Curtom 2002	-	-	R&B88 (8 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1988 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1990	Take It to the Streets Curtom 2008	-	-	R&B59 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: February 1990 Producer: Curtis Mayfield
1990	The Return of Superfly Capitol 94244	-	-	R&B72 (9 weeks) R&B	First release: August 13, 1990 various artists including five tracks from Curtis Mayfield Soundtrack to the film producer of the same name : Curtis Mayfield
1996	New World Order Warner 46348	UK44 (2 weeks) UK	US137 (18 weeks) US	R&B24 (50 weeks) R&B	First published October 1, 1996 Producers: Brian Fleming, Carlos Glover, Curtis Mayfield, Narada Michael Walden

More studio albums

1981: Your Precious Love ( The Impressions feat. Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler ; Reissue of the Impressions album from 1963; Charly Records 2023)
1985: We Come in Peace with a Message of Love (Curtom 2001)
2005: Mayfield: Remixed The Curtis Mayfield Collection (Release: July; Rhino 79542)

Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	UK	US	R&B	Remarks
1971	Curtis / Live! Curtom 8008 (2)	-	US21 (38 weeks) US	R&B3 (31 weeks) R&B	First published: May 1971 Double album Recording: Paul Colby's Bitter End Cafe, New York City
1973	Curtis in Chicago: Recorded Live Curtom 8018	-	US135 (10 weeks) US	-	First published: November 1973 Producers: Rich Tufo, Roger Anfinsen

More live albums

1988: Live in Europe (recording: July 1987; Curtom 2901 [2])
1990: People Get Ready: Live at Ronnie Scott’s (Recording: Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club London. July 31, 1988; Essential ESMCD 003)
1993: BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (Recording: The Town and Country Club, London; Windsong International 052)

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	UK	US	R&B	Remarks
1973	Curtis Mayfield: His Early Years with the Impressions ABC Records 780/2	-	US180 (6 weeks) US	-	First published: February 1973 The Impressions feat. Curtis Mayfield double album
1997	The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield Rhino 72584	-	-	R&B91 (3 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1997 Producer: Curtis Mayfield

More compilations

1974: The Best of Curtis Mayfield
1976: 2 Originals of Curtis Mayfield (2 LPs)
1990: Of All Time: Classic Collection
1992: A Man Like Curtis: The Best of Curtis Mayfield
1994: Curtis Mayfield
1994: Get Down to the Funky Groove
1994: Power for the People
1994: Tripping Out
1994: Groove On Up
1995: Curtis Mayfield's Chicago Soul
1995: Living Legend (2 CDs)
1996: The Definitive Collection
1996: Love Is the Place & Honesty: The Boardwalk Sessions
1996: People Get Ready: The Curtis Mayfield Story (box with 3 CDs)
1997: The Ultimate Curtis Mayfield
1997: Give It Up: The Best of the Curtom Years 1970-77
1997: Love, Peace, Understanding (3 CDs)
1997: The Masters (2 CDs)
1997: Move On Up
1998: Curtis: The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield
1999: Gospel

1999: Superfly
1999: Love's Sweet Sensation
1999: Move On Up: The Singles Anthology 1970–90 (2 CDs)
1999: The Best of Curtis Mayfield (2 CDs)
2000: Beautiful Brother: The Essential Curtis Mayfield (released March 13)
2001: Soul Legacy (box with 4 CDs)
2001: Soul Music
2001: Love Songs
2002: The Essentials
2003: Move On Up: The Gold of Curtis Mayfield (2 CDs)
2003: 34 Funk Essentials (2 CDs)
2004: Hard Times (release: November 1st)
2004: Love to the People (2 CDs)
2005: The Immortal Curtis Mayfield Superfly Guy (2 CDs; released June 13th)
2006: The Definitive Soul Collection (2 CDs)
2006: The Essential Curtis Mayfield
2007: Curtis Mayfield
2011: Pusherman (2 CDs)
2012: Original Album Series (box with 5 CDs)
2012: The Essential Collection (2 CDs + DVD)

Participation in soundtracks of other artists

as a producer and songwriter

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	UK	US	R&B	Remarks
1976	Sparkle Atlantic 18176	-	US18th gold (24 weeks)US	R&B1 (28 weeks) R&B	First published: May 27, 1976 Artist: Aretha Franklin Producer / Writer: Curtis Mayfield Soundtrack for the film of the same name
1977	A Piece of the Action Curtom 1519	-	-	R&B51 (5 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1977 Artist: Mavis Staples Producer / Writer: Curtis Mayfield Soundtrack for the film Tricked out

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	Title album	UK	US	R&B	Dance	Remarks
1970	(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go Curtis	-	US29 (12 weeks) US	R&B3 (13 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1970 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1971	Move on Up Curtis	UK12 silver (13 weeks)UK	-	-	-	First published: July 1971 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1971	Get Down Roots	-	US69 (7 weeks) US	R&B13 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1971 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1972	We Got to Have Peace Roots	-	-	R&B32 (5 weeks) R&B	-	First published: February 1972 Author: Curtis Mayfield
	Beautiful Brother of Mine Roots	-	-	R&B45 (2 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1972 Author: Curtis Mayfield
	Freddie's Dead (Theme from Superfly) Superfly	-	US4th gold (16 weeks)US	R&B2 (17 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1972 Author: Curtis Mayfield
	Superfly Superfly	-	US8th gold (15 weeks)US	R&B5 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1972 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1973	Future Shock Back to the World	-	US39 (10 weeks) US	R&B11 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1973 Author: Curtis Mayfield
	If I Were Only a Child Again Back to the World	-	US71 (4 weeks) US	R&B22 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1973 Author: Curtis Mayfield
	Can't Say Nothin ' Back to the World	-	US88 (5 weeks) US	R&B16 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1973 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1974	Kung Fu Sweet Exorcist	-	US40 (13 weeks) US	R&B3 (16 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1974 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1974	Sweet Exorcist Sweet Exorcist	-	-	R&B32 (8 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1974 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1975	Mother's Son Got to Find a Way	-	-	R&B15 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: January 1975 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1975	So in Love (There's No Place Like) America Today	-	US67 (7 weeks) US	R&B9 (18 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1975 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1976	Only You Babe Give, Get, Take and Have	-	-	R&B8 (13 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1976 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1976	Party Night Give, Get, Take and Have	-	-	R&B39 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1976 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1977	Show Me Love Never Say You Can't Survive	-	-	R&B41 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1977 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1977	Do Do Wap Is Strong in Here Short Eyes	-	-	R&B29 (16 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1977 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1978	You Are, You Are Do It All Night	-	-	R&B34 (12 weeks) R&B	Dance27 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: March 1978 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1978	No Goodbyes Do It All Night	UK65 (3 weeks) UK	-	-[Dance: ↑]	Dance27 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1978 Authors: Curtis Mayfield, Gil Askey
1979	This year	-	-	R&B40 (8 weeks) R&B	-	First published: February 1979 Author: Curtis Mayfield
	Between You Baby and Me Heartbeat	-	-	R&B14 (18 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1979 with Linda Clifford Author: Curtis Mayfield
	Tell Me, Tell Me (How Ya Like to Be Loved) Heartbeat	-	-	-	Dance84 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1979 Authors: Norman Harris, Ron Tyson
	You're so good to me heartbeat	-	-	R&B46 (9 weeks) R&B	-	B-side of Between You Baby and Me Authors: Curtis Mayfield, Gil Askey
1980	Love's Sweet Sensation The Right Combination	-	-	R&B34 (11 weeks) R&B	Dance87 (3 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1980 with Linda Clifford Author: Frankie Blue Dance chart including all LP cuts
	Love Me, Love Me Now Something to Believe In	-	-	R&B48 (9 weeks) R&B	Dance79 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1980 Author: Curtis Mayfield
	Tripping Out Something to Believe In	-	-	R&B46 (10 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1980 Author: Bunny Sigler
1981	She Don't Let Nobody (But Me) Love Is the Place	-	-	R&B15 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1981 Authors: Dino Fekaris, Curtis Mayfield
1981	Toot an'Toot an'Toot Love Is the Place	-	-	R&B22 (13 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1981 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1982	Hey Baby (Give It All to Me) Honesty	-	-	R&B68 (8 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1982 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1985	Baby It's You We Come in Peace with a Message of Love	-	-	R&B69 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1985 Author: Curtis Mayfield
1987	(Celebrate) The Day After You She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter	UK52 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: May 1987 The Blow Monkeys with Curtis Mayfield Author: Robert Howard
1996	New World Order New World Order	-	-	R&B49 (20 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1996 Authors: Brian Fleming, Curtis Mayfield, Raimundo Thomas
1997	No One Knows About a Good Thing (You Don't Have to Cry) New World Order	-	-	R&B61 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: February 1997 Authors: Curtis Mayfield, Daryl Simmons
1997	Back to Living Again New World Order	-	-	R&B88 (2 weeks) R&B	-	First published: August 1997 Authors: Curtis Mayfield, Rosemary Woods
2005	Superfly (Louie Vega Remix)	-	-	-	Dance16 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: February 2005 Remix: Louie Vega

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Other chart singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	Remarks
1990	Superfly 1990 The Return of Superfly	-	-	CH23 (4 weeks) CH	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	First release: September 1990 with Ice-T remixes: Kurtis Mantronik , Taavi Mote, Steve Beltran
2001	Astounded Discosis	DE91 (6 weeks) DE	AT47 (5 weeks) AT	CH72 (3 weeks) CH	UK40 (2 weeks) UK	First published: June 2000 Bran Van 3000 feat. Curtis Mayfield including samples from Move On Up Authors: Curtis Mayfield, Gary McKenzie, James Di Salvio

More singles

1973: Back to the World (release: October)
1976: PS I Love You (release: September)
1978: Do It All Night (release: September)
1989: He's a Flyguy (with Fishbone ; release: March)
1989: I Mo Git U Sucka (release: May)
1990: Homeless (release: March)
1990: Do Be Down (release: June)

Video albums

2001: In Concert
2002: Live at Ronnie Scott’s
2004: Live at Montreux 1987
2008: Movin 'On Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions

statistics

Chart evaluation

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US1US	R&B5R&B
Top 10 albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US1US	R&B8thR&B
Albums in the charts	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK3UK	US18thUS	R&B24R&B

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
Number one singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US	R&B-R&B	Dance-Dance
Top 10 singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US2US	R&B6thR&B	Dance-Dance
Singles in the charts	DE1DE	AT1AT	CH2CH	UK5UK	US9US	R&B31R&B	Dance5Dance

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	7 × gold7th	0! P-	4,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	0! G-	0! P-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	7 × gold7th	-

Others

swell

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chart sources: Singles albums UK US
^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

Curtis Mayfield at Discogs (English)
Curtis Mayfield at Allmusic (English)

[charts-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chart sources: Singles albums UK US

[2] Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .

[3] Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .

[4] Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .