Gary Glitter / discography

Gary Glitter, 1974

This discography is an overview of published sound recordings of British glam rock - musician Gary Glitter . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 2.8 million records in his career, including over 2.8 million in his home country alone. The most successful release of Glitter is the single I Love You Love Me Love with over 600,000 units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1972	Glitter	DE36 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK8 (40 weeks) UK	US186 (8 weeks) US	First published: March 3, 1972 Producer: Mike Leander
1973	Touch me	DE21 (28 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 silver (33 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 1, 1973 Producer: Mike Leander

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More albums

1975: GG (UK:silver) 1977: Silver Star 1980: The Leader 1984: Boys Will Be Boys

1991: Leader II 2001: On 2013: Wild Horses (2 CDs)

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1974	Remember Me This Way	-	-	-	UK5 (16 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 17, 1974 Producer: Mike Leander

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More live albums

• 1985: Live & Kicking!
• 1988: Live & Alive
• 1989: Gary Glitter's Gangshow: The Gang, the Band, the Leader
• 2011: Leader Live in Concert

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1976	Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits	-	-	-	UK33 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 15, 1976 Producer: Mike Leander
1992	Many Happy Returns - The Hits	-	-	-	UK35 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 2nd, 1992 Remastering: Robin Springall

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More compilations

1972: The Best of Gary Glitter (2 LPs) 1973: Gary Glitter's Golden Greats 1974: The Leader 1975: Always Yours 1975: The Best Of 1977: Love You Love Me Love 1980: Glitter and Gold 1983: Gary Glitter 1985: Always Yours 1987: The Gary Glitter Party Album 1988: strong times

1990: Castle Masters Collection 1991: Rock and Roll: Gary Glitter Greatest Hits 1991: Back Again - Their Very Best (with The Glitter Band ) 1993: 20 greatest hits 1995: Rock & Pop Legends 1997: The Ultimate Gary Glitter: 25 Years of Hits 1997: 32 glam hits (2 CDs) 2001: The Best Of 2011: The Hey Song (Rock & Roll, Pt. 2): The Greatest Hits (2 CDs) 2011: All That Glitters - The Best of Gary Glitter

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1972	Rock And Roll Parts 1 & 2 Glitter	DE4 (23 weeks) DE	-	CH4 (13 weeks) CH	UK2 (15 weeks) UK	US7 (11 weeks) US	First published: May 29, 1972 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
	I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock & Roll) Glitter	DE12 (15 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4 (11 weeks) UK	US35 (9 weeks) US	First published: September 11, 1972 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
1973	Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!) Touch Me	DE16 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 8, 1973 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
	Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again Touch Me	DE10 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 silver (14 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 26, 1973 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
	I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am!) Remember Me This Way	DE6 (15 weeks) DE	AT8 (20 weeks) AT	-	UK1 gold (12 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 9, 1973 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
	I Love You Love Me Love Remember Me This Way	DE8 (16 weeks) DE	AT6 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK1 platinum (14 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 5, 1973 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
1974	Remember Me This Way Remember Me This Way	DE50 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 8, 1974 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
	Always Yours The Leader	DE14 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK1 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 3, 1974 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
	Oh yes! You're Beautiful The Leader	DE28 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 silver (10 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 11, 1974 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
1975	Love Like You and Me Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits	-	-	-	UK10 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 21, 1975 Authors: Gary Glitter, Gerry Shephard, Mike Leander
	Doing Alright with the Boys Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits	-	-	-	UK6 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 9, 1975 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
	Papa Oom Mow Mow G. G.	-	-	-	UK38 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 27, 1975 Authors: Al Frazier, Carl White, John Harris, Turner Wilson, Jr. Original: The Rivingtons , 1962
1976	You Belong to Me Silver Star	-	-	-	UK40 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1, 1976 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
1977	It Takes All Night Long Silver Star	-	-	-	UK25 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 10, 1977 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander, Eddie Seago
	A Little Boogie Woogie in the Back of My Mind Silver Star	-	-	-	UK31 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 4, 1977 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander, Eddie Seago
1980	I'm the Leader of the Gang (EP)	-	-	-	UK57 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 8, 1980 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
1981	And Then She Kissed Me Wild Horses	-	-	-	UK39 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 28, 1981 Authors: Ellie Greenwich , Jeff Barry , Phil Spector Original: The Crystals , 1963
	All That Glitters Wild Horses	-	-	-	UK48 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 23, 1981 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
1984	Dance Me Up Boys Will Be Boys	-	-	-	UK25 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 28, 1984 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander, Eddie Seago
	Another Rock and Roll Christmas Boys Will Be Boys	-	-	-	UK7th silver (7 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 19, 1984 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander, Eddie Seago
1985	Love Comes	-	-	-	UK91 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 15, 1985 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander, Eddie Seago
1990	Red hot (reputation)	-	-	-	UK87 (4 weeks) UK	-	First release: November 26, 1990 feat. The Gang Authors: Gary Glitter, Mark Pearson
1992	And the Leader Rocks On (Megamix / Medley)	-	-	-	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 28, 1992 Arrangement: Gary Glitter, Mark Pearson Producer: Paul Gadd, Jr.
	Through the Years Many Happy Returns - The Hits	-	-	-	UK49 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 9, 1992 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mark Pearson
1995	By Public Demand - Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again (Again!) Many Happy Returns - The Hits	-	-	-	UK50 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 4, 1995 Authors: Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
1996	House of the Rising Sun Wild Horses	-	-	-	UK77 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 2, 1996 Traditional / folk song

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More singles

1974: Gary Glitter Fan Club Christmas Party 1974 1977: Baby Please Don't Go 1977: Oh What a Fool I've Been 1977: I Dare You to Lay One on Me 1979: Superhero 1980: I'm Not Just a Pretty Face 1981: When I'm On I'm On 1982: Suspicious Minds

1982: Be My Baby 1984: Shout! Shout! Shout! 1985: Love Comes 1987: Rock and Roll, Parts 3 & 4 1988: Frontiers of Style 1989: Gary Glitter's gang show 1991: Ready to Rock

Video albums

• 1994: Gary Glitter's gang show

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE UK-UK US-US Top 10 albums DE-DE UK3UK US-US Albums in the charts DE2DE UK5UK US1US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK3UK US-US Top 10 singles DE4thDE AT2AT CH1CH UK12UK US1US Singles in the charts DE9DE AT2AT CH1CH UK26thUK US2US

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Finland 1973: for the album Touch me

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)
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	ifpi.fi
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × silver7th	gold1	platinum1	2,870,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	7 × silver7th	2 × gold2	platinum1

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: Singles albums UK US
2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

Web links

• Gary Glitter at Allmusic (English)
• Gary Glitter at Discogs (English)