Simply Red / discography
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Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall live (2009)
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British pop band Simply Red . According to the sources, they have sold more than 33.6 million records in their career, including over 5.3 million in Germany alone, making the band one of the performers with the highest number of records sold in Germany . Simply Red's most successful release is the fourth studio album Stars with around nine million units sold, of which over 1.25 million units were sold in Germany alone, making it one of the best-selling albums in Germany .
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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1985 | Picture Book |
DE8th ![]() × 3
(47 weeks)DE |
AT10 ![]() (14 weeks)AT |
CH12 ![]() (26 weeks)CH |
UK2 ![]() × 5
(135 weeks)UK |
US16 ![]() (59 weeks)US |
First published: October 14, 1985
Sales: + 3,865,000 |
1987 | Men and Women |
DE3 ![]() (29 weeks)DE |
AT3 ![]() (28 weeks)AT |
CH1 ![]() (17 weeks)CH |
UK2 ![]() × 3
(63 weeks)UK |
US31 (26 weeks) US |
First published: March 9, 1987
Sales: + 1,915,000 |
1989 | A New Flame |
DE2 ![]() (44 weeks)DE |
AT2 ![]() (41 weeks)AT |
CH1 ![]() (33 weeks)CH |
UK1 ![]() × 7
(90 weeks)UK |
US22nd ![]() (39 weeks)US |
First published: February 13, 1989
Sales: + 4,205,000 |
1991 | Stars |
DE2 ![]() × 5
(59 weeks)DE |
AT1 ![]() × 2
(41 weeks)AT |
CH2 ![]() × 2
(32 weeks)CH |
UK1 ![]() × 12
(137 weeks)UK |
US76 ![]() (43 weeks)US |
First published: September 30, 1991
Sales: + 9,000,000 |
1995 | Life |
DE1 ![]() (45 weeks)DE |
AT1 ![]() (16 weeks)AT |
CH1 ![]() (19 weeks)CH |
UK1 ![]() × 5
(47 weeks)UK |
US75 (13 weeks) US |
First published: October 9, 1995
Sales: + 3,085,000 |
1998 | Blue |
DE1 ![]() (23 weeks)DE |
AT1 ![]() (20 weeks)AT |
CH3 ![]() (15 weeks)CH |
UK1 ![]() × 2
(25 weeks)UK |
US145 (3 weeks) US |
First published: May 18, 1998
Sales: +1,107,500 |
1999 | Love and the Russian Winter |
DE2 ![]() (15 weeks)DE |
AT3 ![]() (10 weeks)AT |
CH8 (9 weeks) CH |
UK6th ![]() (11 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 1st, 1999
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
2003 | Home |
DE5 ![]() (46 weeks)DE |
AT8th ![]() (29 weeks)AT |
CH6th ![]() (31 weeks)CH |
UK2 ![]() × 2
(35 weeks)UK |
US187 (3 weeks) US |
First published: March 24, 2003
Sales: +1,180,000 |
2005 | Simplified |
DE4 (13 weeks) DE |
AT2 (12 weeks) AT |
CH3 (12 weeks) CH |
UK3 ![]() (9 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 17, 2005
Sales: + 100,000 |
2007 | Stay |
DE4 (13 weeks) DE |
AT6 (12 weeks) AT |
CH6 (12 weeks) CH |
UK4th ![]() (14 weeks)UK |
US156 (1 week) US |
First published: March 12, 2007
Sales: + 145,000 |
2015 | Big love |
DE6 (8 weeks) DE |
AT11 (4 weeks) AT |
CH10 (8 weeks) CH |
UK4th ![]() (18 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 1, 2015
Sales: + 100,000 |
2019 | Blue Eyed Soul |
DE11 (7 weeks) DE |
AT5 (4 weeks) AT |
CH17 (3 weeks) CH |
UK6 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 8, 2019
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Live albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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2011 | Farewell - Live in Concert at the Sydney Opera House |
DE13 (5 weeks) DE |
AT35 (3 weeks) AT |
CH63 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: May 20, 2011
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2018 | Symphonica in Rosso - Live at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam |
DE37 (2 weeks) DE |
AT52 (1 week) AT |
- |
UK58 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 23, 2018
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More live albums
- 2000: In Concert - Good Radiocut
- 2005: Cuba!
- 2006: Live in London
- 2007: At the Royal Albert Hall 2007
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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1996 | Greatest hits |
DE2 ![]() (21 weeks)DE |
AT1 ![]() (17 weeks)AT |
CH4th ![]() (18 weeks)CH |
UK1 ![]() × 6
(50 weeks)UK |
US116 (5 weeks) US |
First published: October 7, 1996
Sales: + 3,575,000 |
2000 | It's only love |
DE35 ![]() (9 weeks)DE |
AT5 ![]() (14 weeks)AT |
CH32 (7 weeks) CH |
UK27 ![]() (6 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: Nov 13, 2000
Sales: + 305,000 |
2003 | The Very Best of Simply Red |
DE36 (15 weeks) DE |
AT30 (6 weeks) AT |
CH28 (14 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: April 28, 2003
Sales: + 40,000 |
2008 | Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits |
DE17th ![]() (58 weeks)DE |
AT25 (10 weeks) AT |
CH22nd ![]() (21 weeks)CH |
UK9 ![]() × 2
(… Where.)UK |
- |
First published: November 17, 2008
Sales: + 1,027,500 |
2010 | Songs of Love |
DE86 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH37 (6 weeks) CH |
UK12 ![]() (9 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: March 1, 2010
Sales: + 80,000 |
2013 | Songbook 1985-2010 | - | - | - |
UK41 ![]() (6 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: December 2nd, 2013
Sales: + 100,000 |
More compilations
- 1987: Early Years
- 1995: 12'ers
- 2002: The Essentials
EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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1992 | The Montreux EP | - | - | - |
UK11 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 9, 1992
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Remix albums
- 1986: 12 "ers
- 2004: Home Mixes
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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1985 |
Money's Too Tight (To Mention) Picture Book |
- | - | - |
UK13 (12 weeks) UK |
US28 (15 weeks) US |
First published: June 3, 1985
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Come to My Aid Picture Book |
- | - | - |
UK66 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 2, 1985
|
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Holding Back the Years Picture Book |
- |
AT22 (6 weeks) AT |
- |
UK2 ![]() (19 weeks)UK |
US1 (23 weeks) US |
First published: November 4, 1985
Sales: + 250,000 |
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1986 | Jericho Picture Book |
DE57 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK53 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 24, 1986
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Open Up the Red Box Picture Book |
- | - | - |
UK61 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 28, 1986
|
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1987 | The Right Thing Men and Women |
DE27 (12 weeks) DE |
- |
CH10 (9 weeks) CH |
UK11 (10 weeks) UK |
US27 (15 weeks) US |
First published: January 30, 1987
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Infidelity Men and Women |
- | - | - |
UK31 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 8, 1987
|
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Maybe Someday ... Men and Women |
- | - | - |
UK88 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 27, 1987
|
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Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Men and Women |
- | - | - |
UK11 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 16, 1987
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1988 | I Won't Feel Bad Men and Women |
- | - | - |
UK68 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 21, 1988
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1989 | It's Only Love A New Flame |
DE21 (16 weeks) DE |
- |
CH12 (12 weeks) CH |
UK13 (9 weeks) UK |
US57 (9 weeks) US |
First published: January 16, 1989
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If You Don't Know Me by Now A New Flame |
DE19 (16 weeks) DE |
AT9 (16 weeks) AT |
CH12 (7 weeks) CH |
UK2 ![]() (10 weeks)UK |
US1 ![]() (22 weeks)US |
First published: March 27, 1989
Sales: + 787,500 |
|
A New Flame A New Flame |
DE55 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK17 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 27, 1989
|
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You've Got It A New Flame |
- | - | - |
UK46 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 16, 1989
|
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1991 | Something Got Me Started Stars |
DE11 (26 weeks) DE |
AT5 (16 weeks) AT |
CH6 (20 weeks) CH |
UK11 (8 weeks) UK |
US23 (14 weeks) US |
First published: September 9, 1991
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Stars Stars |
DE19 (24 weeks) DE |
AT18 (12 weeks) AT |
CH11 (18 weeks) CH |
UK8th ![]() (10 weeks)UK |
US44 (14 weeks) US |
First published: November 18, 1991
Sales: + 200,000 |
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1992 | For Your Babies Stars |
DE43 (12 weeks) DE |
AT23 (9 weeks) AT |
- |
UK9 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 27, 1992
|
Thrill Me Stars |
- | - | - |
UK33 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 20, 1992
|
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Your Mirror Stars |
DE59 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK17 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 13, 1992
|
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1995 | Fairground life |
DE5 ![]() (23 weeks)DE |
AT5 (12 weeks) AT |
CH6 (17 weeks) CH |
UK1 ![]() (14 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: September 18, 1995
Sales: + 885,000 |
Remembering the First Time Life |
DE55 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK22 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 4, 1995
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1996 | Never Never Love Life |
- | - | - |
UK18 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 12, 1996
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Daydream Believer Life |
- | - | - |
UK41 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 25, 1996
with White |
|
We're in This Together Life |
DE32 (10 weeks) DE |
AT23 (6 weeks) AT |
- |
UK11 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 10, 1996
|
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Angel Greatest Hits |
DE71 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK4th ![]() (13 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 28, 1996
Sales: + 200,000 |
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1997 | Night Nurse Blue |
DE84 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK13 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 8, 1997
with Sly & Robbie |
1998 | Say You Love Me Blue |
DE49 (9 weeks) DE |
AT18 (8 weeks) AT |
- |
UK7 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 4, 1998
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The Air That I Breathe Blue |
DE66 (9 weeks) DE |
AT17 (11 weeks) AT |
- |
UK6 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 10, 1998
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Ghetto Girl Blue |
- | - | - |
UK34 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 30, 1998
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To be Free Blue |
DE88 (11 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: November 9, 1998
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1999 | Ain't That a Lot of Love Love and the Russian Winter |
DE55 (10 weeks) DE |
AT29 (3 weeks) AT |
CH45 (10 weeks) CH |
UK14 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 18, 1999
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2000 | Your Eyes Love and the Russian Winter |
DE95 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK26 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 7, 2000
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2003 |
Sunrise Home |
DE14 (14 weeks) DE |
AT25 (14 weeks) AT |
CH22 (20 weeks) CH |
UK7th ![]() (11 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: March 17, 2003
Sales: + 205,000 |
Fake home |
DE43 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
CH41 (15 weeks) CH |
UK21 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 7, 2003
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You Make Me Feel Brand New Home |
DE43 (9 weeks) DE |
AT47 (3 weeks) AT |
CH76 (3 weeks) CH |
UK7 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 1, 2003
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2004 | Home Home |
- | - | - |
UK40 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 29, 2004
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2005 | Perfect Love Simplified |
DE45 (8 weeks) DE |
AT23 (8 weeks) AT |
CH34 (9 weeks) CH |
UK30 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 10, 2005
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2006 | Oh! What a girl! Stay |
DE68 (5 weeks) DE |
AT43 (4 weeks) AT |
CH23 (6 weeks) CH |
UK57 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: September 25, 2006
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2007 | So not over you stay |
DE65 (7 weeks) DE |
AT36 (8 weeks) AT |
- |
UK34 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 5, 2007
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Stay Stay |
- | - | - |
UK36 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: May 28, 2007
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More singles
- 1987: Love Fire
- 1992: Freedom
- 1998: Mellow My Mind
- 2006: Something Got Me Started / A Song for You
- 2007: The World and You Tonight
- 2008: Go Now
- 2009: Money $ too Tight (to Mention) 2009
- 2010: I Have the Love / Beside You
Video albums and music videos
Video albums
- 1991: Moving Picture Book
- 1996: Greatest Video Hits (Sales: +73,000 ; UK:
platinum)
- 1999: Live at the Lyceum
- 2002: Live in London (Sales: + 63,000 ; UK:
gold)
- 2003: Home (Limited Edition)
- 2003: Home in Sicily: Live (Sales: + 82,000 ; UK:
gold)
- 2005: Stars
- 2005: Starry Night with Simply Red
- 2005: Cuba! (Sales: + 65,000 ; UK:
gold)
- 2007: Stay (Limited-Edition)
- 2007: Stay: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
- 2008: Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits (Limited-Edition)
- 2008: A New Flame (Limited-Edition)
- 2008: Picture Book (Limited Edition)
- 2008: Stars (Limited-Edition)
- 2011: Farewell - Live in Concert at the Sydney Opera House
Music videos
year | title | Director |
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1985 | Money $ too tight (to mention) | |
Come to My Aid | ||
Holding Back The Years | ||
1986 | Jericho | |
Open up the red box | ||
1987 | The right thing | Andy Morahan |
Infidelity | ||
... Maybe Someday | ||
1988 | I won't feel bad | |
1989 | It's only love | Andy Morahan |
If You Don't Know Me by Now | ||
A New Flame | ||
You've got it | ||
1991 | Stars | |
Something Got Me Started | Andy Morahan | |
1992 | For your babies | Andy Morahan |
Thrill me | ||
1995 | Fairground | |
Never never love | Zanna | |
1996 | We're in This Together | Zanna |
1997 | Night nurse | |
1998 | Say you love me | |
The Air That I Breath | ||
1999 | Ain't That a Lot of Love | |
2000 | Your eyes | |
2003 | Sunrise | |
fake | Andy Morahan | |
2005 | Perfect love | Russell Thomas |
2006 | Oh! What a girl! | |
A song for you | Russell Thomas | |
2007 | So not over you | Russell Thomas |
2008 | Go now |
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
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76,000 | capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) |
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740,000 | aria.com.au |
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200,000 | ultratop.be |
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675,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
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55,000 | ifpi.dk |
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5,350,000 | musikindustrie.de |
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(9,000,000) | ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) |
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- | 34,401 | ifpi.fi |
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1,300,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
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385,000 | fimi.it |
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205,000 | musiccanada.com |
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112,500 | nztop40.co.nz |
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995,000 | nvpi.nl |
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405,000 | ifpi.at |
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50,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
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42,000 | Individual evidence |
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- | 10,000 | Individual evidence |
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- | 100,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
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335,000 | hitparade.ch |
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600,000 | promusicae.es ES2 ES3 ES4 |
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2,500,000 | riaa.com |
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16,045,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all |
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