Michael McDonald (musician) / discography

Michael McDonald, 2000

This discography is an overview of the released records of the American singer Michael McDonald .

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	R&B
1982	If That's What It Takes Warner Bros. 23703	-	US6th gold (32 weeks)US	R&B10 (25 weeks) R&B	First published: August 3, 1982 Producers: Lenny Waronker, Ted Templeman
1985	No Lookin 'Back Warner Bros. 25291	-	US45 (15 weeks) US	-	First published: July 30, 1985 Producers: Michael McDonald, Ted Templeman
1990	Take It to Heart Reprise 25979	UK35 (4 weeks) UK	US110 (14 weeks) US	-	First published: May 15, 1990 Producers: Michael McDonald, Ted Templeman Don Was , David Gamson, Gardner Cole
2003	Motown Motown 651	UK29 (4 weeks) UK	US14th platinum (57 weeks)US	R&B17 (53 weeks) R&B	First published: June 24, 2003 Producer: Simon Climie
2004	Motown Two Motown 3472	UK29 (3 weeks) UK	US9 gold (17 weeks)US	R&B8 (17 weeks) R&B	First published: October 26, 2004 Producer: Simon Climie
2008	Soul Speak Universal Motown 10806	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	US12 (7 weeks) US	R&B10 (13 weeks) R&B	First published: March 4th, 2008 Producer: Simon Climie

More studio albums

• 1993: Blink of an Eye (Reprise 45293)
• 2000: Blue Obsession (Reprise 45508 / Ramp 1001)
• 2001: In the Spirit ( MCA Nashville 170 230; release: October 15th)
• 2005: Through the Many Winters: A Christmas Album (Hallmark 3756; release: December 26; US:gold)
• 2017: Wide Open ( BMG 5292; release: September 15th)

Live albums

• 2009: A Tribute to Motown Live + Michael McDonald Live (Image Entertainment; release: May 5th)
• 2018: Live on Soundstage (2 CDs; BMG 19960; release: January 12th)

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	R&B
1986	Sweet Freedom: The Best of Michael McDonald Warner Bros. 241 049	UK6th platinum (35 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: November 1986
2001	The Very Best of Michael McDonald Rhino 76649	UK21 (7 weeks) UK	US- gold US	-	First published: March 2001
2009	The Ultimate Collection Rhino 73167	UK20th silver (5 weeks)UK	US19 (8 weeks) US	-	First published: August 9, 2005
	This Christmas Razor & Tie 7930183036	-	US95 (3 weeks) US	-	First published: September 29, 2009

More compilations

• 1982: That Was Then, the Early Recordings of Michael McDonald ( Arista 2008)
• 2000: The Voice of Michael McDonald (Warner Bros. 73530; UK:silver; Release: November 15th)
• 2003: The Collection ( Spectrum Music ; release: April 22nd)
• 2004: The Best Of: The Christmas Collection (MCA Nashville; release: September 21)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1980	Let Me Go, Love In the Nick of Time	-	-	-	-	US35 (11 weeks) US	R&B96 (2 weeks) R&B	-	First publication: December 1979 Nicolette Larson feat. Michael McDonald Authors: BJ Cook Foster, Michael McDonald
1982	I Keep Forgettin '(Every Time You're Near) If That's What It Takes	-	-	-	UK43 (6 weeks) UK	US4 (19 weeks) US	R&B7 (17 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1982 Chart entry in UK only in July 1986 Authors: Ed Sanford, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
	I Gotta Try If That's What It Takes	-	-	-	-	US44 (11 weeks) US	-	-	First published: November 1982 Authors: Kenny Loggins , Michael McDonald
1983	Yah Mo B There It's Your Night	-	-	-	UK12 (19 weeks) UK	US19 (18 weeks) US	R&B5 (19 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1983 with James Ingram Grammy (R&B Vocal Duo) Authors: James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Quincy Jones , Rod Temperton
1985	No lookin 'back, no lookin' back	-	-	-	-	US34 (12 weeks) US	-	-	First published: June 1985 Authors: Ed Sanford, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald
1986	On My Own Winner in You	DE18 (12 weeks) DE	AT20 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK2 silver (14 weeks)UK	US1 gold (12 weeks)US	R&B1 (21 weeks) R&B	-	First publication: March 1986 with Patti LaBelle Authors: Burt Bacharach , Carole Bayer Sager
	Sweet Freedom Sweet Freedom: The Best of Michael McDonald	-	-	-	UK12 (11 weeks) UK	US7 (20 weeks) US	R&B17 (13 weeks) R&B	Dance8 (9 weeks) Dance	First released: June 1986 from the soundtrack of Running Scared Writer: Rod Temperton
1987	What a Fool Believes Sweet Freedom: The Best of Michael McDonald	-	-	-	UK57 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: January 1987 with The Doobie Brothers Authors: Kenny Loggins , Michael McDonald Original: The Doobie Brothers, 1979
1990	Take It to Heart Take It to Heart	-	-	-	-	US98 (2 weeks) US	-	-	First published: May 1990 Authors: Diane Warren , Michael McDonald
1991	All We Got (It's Not Enough, It's Never Enough) Take It to Heart	-	-	-	-	-	R&B88 (4 weeks) R&B	Dance9 (13 weeks) Dance	First publication: 1991 Authors: Peter Leinheiser, Michael McDonald
1992	Ever Changing Times What You See Is What You Sweat	-	-	-	-	-	R&B19 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: January 1992 Aretha Franklin feat. Michael McDonald Authors: Bill Conti , Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager
2002	Sweet Freedom Episode II New Edition	DE29 (9 weeks) DE	AT50 (6 weeks) AT	CH52 (14 weeks) CH	UK54 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First release: May 2002 Safri Duo feat. Michael McDonald Producers: Ingo Kunzi , Michael Parsberg, Safri Duo
2007	You Belong to Me Funk This	-	-	-	-	-	R&B63 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First release: March 2008 Chaka Khan feat. Michael McDonald Authors: Carly Simon , Mike McDonald Original: The Doobie Brothers , 1977
2008	Love TKO Soul Speak	-	-	-	-	-	R&B92 (1 week) R&B	-	First published: March 2008 Author: Linda Womack

More singles

• 1971: God Knows
• 1972: I Think I Love You Again (release: February)
• 1972: A Good Old Time Love Song (released May)
• 1972: Drivin 'Wheel (release: August)
• 1972: Where Do I Go from Here (released December)
• 1983: Playin 'by the Rules (release: February)
• 1983: Believe in It
• 1985: Lost in the Parade (release: November)
• 1986: I Just Can't Let Go (David Pack with Michael McDonald and James Ingram )
• 1986: Our Love (Theme from No Mercy) (Release: September)
• 1987: Love Has No Color (The Winans feat. Michael McDonald)
• 1990: Tear It Up
• 1993: I Stand for You
• 1995: Hey girl
• 2003: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
• 2003: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
• 2003: It's About Time (Kenny Loggins feat. Michael McDonald)
• 2004: Baby I Need Your Lovin '
• 2004: Reach Out I'll Be There
• 2004: Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
• 2008: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

statistics

Chart evaluation

UK  US  R&B Number one albums UK-UK US-US R&B-R&B Top 10 albums UK1UK US2US R&B3R&B Albums in the charts UK7thUK US8thUS R&B4thR&B

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B  Dance Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US R&B1R&B Dance-Dance Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US2US R&B3R&B Dance2Dance Singles in the charts DE2DE AT2AT CH1CH UK6thUK US8thUS R&B9R&B Dance2Dance

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)	-	5 × gold5	platinum1	4,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	-	platinum1	670,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2

Others

• See also : The Doobie Brothers / discography

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH 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 .

Web links

• Michael McDonald at Allmusic (English)
• Michael McDonald at Discogs (English)