Midnight Star / discography

This discography is an overview of the released records of the American synth - funk band Midnight Star .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B
1981	Standing Together	-	-	-	R&B54 (5 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1981 Producer: Leon Sylvers III, Midnight Star
1982	Victory	-	-	-	R&B58 (11 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1982 Producers: Midnight Star, Reginald Calloway
1983	No Parking on the Dance Floor	-	-	US30th × 2 Double platinum (96 weeks)US	R&B2 (80 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1983 Producer: Reginald Calloway
1984	Planetary Invasion	-	UK85 (2 weeks) UK	US32 gold (32 weeks)US	R&B7 (36 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1984 Producer: Reginald Calloway
1986	Headlines	-	UK42 (4 weeks) UK	US56 gold (27 weeks)US	R&B7 (33 weeks) R&B	First published: May 1986 Producers: Midnight Star, Reginald Calloway
1988	Midnight Star	-	-	US96 (15 weeks) US	R&B14 (29 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1988 Producer: Midnight Star
1990	Work it out	-	-	-	R&B41 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1990 Producer: Midnight Star

More studio albums

• 1980: The Beginning
• 2002: 15th Avenue

Compilations

• 1987: Greatest Hits
• 1992: The Best Of
• 1994: The Best Of
• 1995: The Very Best Of
• 1997: No Parking on the Planet (2 CDs)
• 1999: Anniversary Collection
• 1999: Wet My Whistle (feat.Calloway; 2 CDs)
• 2002: The Best of Midnight Star
• 2003: Feels so Good
• 2006: Ultimate Collection: Solar 30th Anniversary Edition
• 2002: Midas Touch: The Best of Midnight Star

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1980	Make It Last The Beginning	-	-	-	R&B85 (4 weeks) R&B	-	First published: March 1980 Author: Bo Watson
1981	I've Been Watching You Standing Together	-	-	-	R&B36 (11 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1981 Author: Bo Watson
	Tuff Standing Together	-	-	-	R&B60 (9 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1981 Authors: Midnight Star
1982	Hot Spot Victory	-	-	-	R&B35 (12 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1982 Authors: Midnight Star
	Victory Victory	-	-	-	R&B83 (4 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1982 Authors: Reggie Calloway, Melvin Gentry, Bo Watson
1983	Freak-a-Zoid No Parking on the Dance Floor	-	-	US66 (8 weeks) US	R&B2 (20 weeks) R&B	Dance44 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: May 1983 Authors: Bill Simmons, Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway
	Wet My Whistle No Parking on the Dance Floor	-	UK60 (5 weeks) UK	US61 (11 weeks) US	R&B8 (18 weeks) R&B	Dance15 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1983 Chart entry in UK only in April 1987 Author: Reggie Calloway
1984	No Parking (On the Dance Floor) No Parking on the Dance Floor	-	-	US81 (8 weeks) US	R&B43 (13 weeks) R&B	Dance44 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1984 Authors: Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace, Vincent Calloway
	Operator Planetary Invasion	DE21 (12 weeks) DE	UK66 (3 weeks) UK	US18 (17 weeks) US	R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B	Dance15 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1984 Authors: Bo Watson, Reggie Calloway, Belinda Lipscomb
1985	Scientific Love Planetary Invasion	-	-	US80 (7 weeks) US	R&B16 (12 weeks) R&B	Dance19 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: January 1985 Authors: Belinda Lipscomb, Bo Watson, Kenneth Gant, Melvin Gentry, Vincent Calloway
	Curious Planetary Invasion	-	UK92 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: March 1985 in the US B-side by Body Snatchers Authors: Melvin Gentry, Bo Watson, Bobby Lovelace
	Body Snatchers Planetary Invasion	-	-	-	R&B31 (10 weeks) R&B	-	First published: May 1985 Authors: Bill Simmons, Bo Watson, Melvin Gentry, Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway
1986	Headlines Headlines	-	UK16 (8 weeks) UK	US69 (7 weeks) US	R&B3 (18 weeks) R&B	Dance34 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1986 Authors: Midnight Star
	Midas Touch headlines	-	UK8 (10 weeks) UK	US42 (14 weeks) US	R&B7 (18 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1986 Authors: Bo Watson, June Watson Williams
	Engine No. 9 headlines	-	UK64 (3 weeks) UK	-	R&B11 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1986 Authors: Bobby Lovelace, Karen Gentry, Melvin Gentry
1988	Don't Rock the Boat Midnight Star	DE23 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	R&B3 (19 weeks) R&B	-	First release: August 1988 feat. Ecstacy of Whodini Author: Bill Simmons
	Snake in the Grass Midnight Star	DE45 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	R&B10 (14 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1988 Authors: Belinda Lipscomb, Bill Simmons, Bo Watson, Bobby Lovelace, Jeff Cooper, Kenneth Gant, Melvin Gentry
1989	Love song Midnight Star	-	-	-	R&B55 (8 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1989 Authors: Belinda Lipscomb, Bill Simmons, Jeff Cooper, Karen Cooper, Sherrian Gant
1990	Do It (One More Time) Work It Out	-	-	-	R&B12 (14 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 1990 Authors: Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace, Melvin Gentry, Belinda Lipscomb, King C
	Windward-U-Up Work It Out	-	-	-	R&B58 (7 weeks) R&B	-	First published: September 1990 Authors: Bobby McFerrin , Belinda Lipscomb, Bill Simmons, Bo Watson, Bobby Lovelace, Kenneth Gant, Melvin Gentry

More singles

• 1980: You're the Star (release: June)
• 1982: Can't Give You Up (release: April)
• 1983: Feels so good
• 1984: Night Rider (release: May)
• 1987: Stay Here by My Side (release: April)
• 1987: Do the Prep / Penitentiary 111 (release: October)
• 1988: 90 Days (Same as Cash)
• 1989: Pamper Me

Video albums

• 1984: In Concert
• 2010: The Solar Videos (with Lakeside, Dynasty, Shalamar and The Whispers )

statistics

Chart evaluation

UK  US  R&B Number one albums UK-UK US-US R&B-R&B Top 10 albums UK-UK US-US R&B3R&B Albums in the charts UK2UK US4thUS R&B7thR&B

DE  UK  US  R&B  Dance Number one singles DE-DE UK-UK US-US R&B1R&B Dance-Dance Top 10 singles DE-DE UK1UK US-US R&B6thR&B Dance-Dance Singles in the charts DE3DE UK6thUK US7thUS R&B19thR&B Dance6thDance

Awards for music sales

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA)	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	3,000,000	riaa.com
All in all	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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 .

Web links

• Midnight Star at Allmusic (English)
• Midnight Star at Discogs (English)