Belinda Carlisle discography
The solo discography of Belinda Carlisle, an American pop singer-songwriter, contains eight studio albums, ten compilations, eight retrospective box sets and four video albums. Her singles discography features thirty-two physical releases – three of which she has recorded as a guest artist –, four digital-only and five promotional releases. She has also made nine other appearances and thirty-one music videos.
Belinda Carlisle discography | |
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Carlisle performing in 2014 | |
Studio albums | 8 |
Compilation albums | 10 |
Video albums | 4 |
Music videos | 31 |
Singles | 41 |
Other appearances | 9 |
Box sets | 8 |
Carlisle's first solo album Belinda was released in 1986 on I.R.S. Records and was certified gold in the United States and platinum in Canada. First single, "Mad About You", peaked at number three in the US, topped the Canadian Singles Chart, and charted on the top 10 in Australia. The song was followed by "I Feel the Magic" and by a cover version of the Freda Payne song "Band of Gold". Carlisle's second album Heaven on Earth was released in 1987 through MCA and became a Top 5 bestseller in the United Kingdom and Australia. The first single release became "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", which topped the single charts in many countries including US and UK. The second single from the album was "I Get Weak", which shot to number two in the States and number ten in the U.K.. Third single, "Circle in the Sand" was another Top 10 hit in the US, UK and Germany. Other singles releases included, "World Without You", "Love Never Dies" and "I Feel Free".
The follow-up album Runaway Horses was released in 1989 and hit the Top 5 in both Australia and UK. The first single release "Leave a Light On", it became another Top 5 smash in the UK, Australia and Canada. Other singles were "Summer Rain", the summer mood influenced "La Luna" and "(We Want) The Same Thing". In 1991 Carlisle issued her fourth album, Live Your Life Be Free featuring such singles as"Half the World", "Little Black Book" and "Do You Feel Like I Feel". In 1992 she released her first greatest hits album The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 which reached number one in the UK and was certified double platinum and platinum in Australia.
Real was released in 1993 and debuted in the top ten in the UK. Singles of the album featured "Big Scary Animal" and "Lay Down Your Arms", a remake from the Graces. Three years later she released A Woman and a Man which included "In Too Deep". The song returned Carlisle to the UK Top 10 for the first time in six years, reaching number six. The song also made the top 20 in Australia (number 11). The second single release was "Always Breaking My Heart which also made it into the UK Top 10, peaking at number eight. The album spawned two more singles: "Love in the Key of C" and "California". In 1999 the singer released a second greatest hits album in the UK entitled A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits, and was certified gold in the UK. In 2007 Carlisle released Voilà, consisting of a mix of French pop tunes and chanson standards, including covers of Françoise Hardy and Édith Piaf classics.
In 2013, she released the single "Sun" to coincide with a new budget compilation in the US. A new career retrospective, The Collection, was released in March 2014, reaching number 24 in the UK along with a new single "Goodbye Just Go".
Albums
Studio albums
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
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US [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [4] |
JPN [5] |
NZ [6] |
SWE [7] |
SWI [8] |
UK [9] | |||
1986 | Belinda | 13 | 42 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1987 | Heaven on Earth | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
1989 | Runaway Horses
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37 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 4 | |
1991 | Live Your Life Be Free
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— | 27 | — | 80 | 32 | — | 21 | 32 | 7 |
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1993 | Real
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— | 61 | — | — | 26 | — | 23 | — | 9 | |
1996 | A Woman and a Man
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— | 31 | 36 | — | 34 | — | 44 | — | 12 |
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2007 | Voila
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2017 | Wilder Shores
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"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released in the region. |
Compilation albums
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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AUS [2] |
GER [16] |
NZ [6] |
SWE [7] |
UK [9] | |||
1992 | The Best of Belinda / Her Greatest Hits
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14 | 35 | 4 | 26 | 1 | |
1998 | The Greatest
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1999 | Original Gold
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1999 | A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits
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— | — | — | 6 | 15 |
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2002 | The Collection
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2003 | Essential
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2013 | ICON – The Best of Belinda Carlisle
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2014 | The Collection
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— | — | — | — | 24 | |
2014 | The Anthology
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2019 | Gold
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— | — | — | — | 11 | |
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released in the region. |
Box sets
Year | Title | Notes |
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2013 | Live from Metropolis Studios
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2013 | Heaven on Earth
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Runaway Horses
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Live Your Life Be Free
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Real
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2014 | The Collection
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The Anthology
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2015 | Access All Areas
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Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US [17] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [18] |
GER [19] |
IRE [20] |
NL [21] |
SWE [7] |
SWI [8] |
UK [9] | ||||
1986 | "Mad About You" | 3 | 9 | — | 1 | — | 28 | — | — | — | 67 |
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Belinda |
"I Feel the Magic" | 82 | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Band of Gold" (featuring Freda Payne)[A] | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Shot in the Dark"[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1987 | "Dancing in the City"[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (OST) Burglar | |
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Heaven on Earth | ||
1988 | "I Get Weak" | 2 | 34 | — | 4 | 38 | 5 | 77 | — | 24 | 10 | ||
"Circle in the Sand" | 7 | — | 26 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 22 | — | — | 4 | |||
"I Feel Free"[A] | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"World Without You"[D] | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 34 | |||
"Love Never Dies"[E] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | |||
1989 | "Leave a Light On" | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | Runaway Horses | |
"La Luna"[D] | — | 21 | 29 | — | 16 | — | 70 | — | 10 | 38 | |||
1990 | "Summer Rain" | 30 | 6 | — | 22 | 57 | 26 | — | 15 | — | 23 |
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"Runaway Horses"[D] | — | 44 | — | — | 63 | — | — | 13 | — | 40 | |||
"Vision of You" | — | 84 | — | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |||
"(We Want) The Same Thing"[F] | — | 103 | — | — | 53 | 22 | — | 9 | — | 6 | |||
1991 | "Live Your Life Be Free"[F] | — | 13 | — | — | 71 | 21 | 45 | 16 | — | 12 | Live Your Life Be Free | |
"Do You Feel Like I Feel?" | 73 | 42 | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | |||
1992 | "Half the World"[D] | — | 129 | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | 35 | ||
"Little Black Book"[D] | — | 106 | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | 28 | |||
1993 | "Big Scary Animal"[F] | — | 56 | — | 70 | 63 | — | — | — | — | 12 | Real | |
"Lay Down Your Arms"[D] | — | 115 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |||
1996 | "In Too Deep" | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | — | 6 |
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A Woman and a Man |
"Always Breaking My Heart"[D] | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | |||
"Love in the Key of C"[D] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | |||
1997 | "California"[D] | — | 199 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | ||
"I Won't Say (I'm in Love)"[G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (OST) Hercules | ||
1999 | "All God's Children"[D] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits | |
Download-only | |||||||||||||
2013 | "Sun" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Collection | |
2014 | "Goodbye Just Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015 | "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Silver Bells" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in the region. | |||||||||||||
Guest singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US [17] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [18] |
GER [19] |
IRE [20] |
NL [21] |
SWE [7] |
SWI [8] |
UK [9] | ||||
1989 | "What Does It Take" (with Then Jerico) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | The Big Area | |
"Spirit of the Forest" [H] (with Artists United for Nature) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Earthrise: The Rainforest Album | ||
1990 | "Blue Period" (with The Smithereens) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 | 11 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in the region. | |||||||||||||
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Promotional singles
Year | Title | Notes |
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1986 | "Since You've Gone" |
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1992 | "I Plead Insanity" |
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1997 | "Remember September" |
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1999 | "A Prayer for Everyone" |
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2007 | "I Still Love Him" |
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Other appearances
Year | Title | Artist | Album |
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1987 | "In My Wildest Dreams" | N/A | Mannequin |
1991 | "Bless the Beasts and the Children" | Tame Yourself | |
1993 | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | The Holiday Collection: Volume II | |
"I'll Do It Anyway" | The Lemonheads | Come on Feel the Lemonheads | |
"One by One" | The Crash Baptists | (OST) The Harvest | |
1995 | "Christmas Lullaby" | N/A | Mother & Child: A Christmas Celebration |
1996 | "I Wouldn't Be Here If I Didn't Love You" | (OST) Two If by Sea | |
1997 | "Submission" | Radiator | Come Again |
2005 | "Dancing Queen" | N/A | ABBA Mania |
2015 | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" | N/A | 80's Re:Covered |
Videos
Video albums
Year | Title | Notes |
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1986 | Belinda
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1988 | Live!
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1991 | Runaway Videos
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Runaway Live
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Music videos
Year | Title | Director |
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1986 | "Mad About You" | Leslie Libman |
"I Feel the Magic" | Marty Callner | |
1987 | "Heaven is a Place on Earth" | Diane Keaton |
1988 | "I Get Weak" | |
"Circle in the Sand" | Peter Care | |
"I Feel Free" | (concert footage) | |
"World Without You" | ||
"Love Never Dies" | ||
1989 | "Spirit of the Forest" (with Artists United For Nature) | Storm Thorgerson |
"What Does It Take" (with Then Jerico) | Andy Morahan | |
"Leave a Light On" | Peter Care | |
"La Luna" | Andy Morahan | |
1990 | "Runaway Horses" | Greg Masuak |
"Summer Rain" | Andy Morahan | |
"Vision of You" | (concert footage) | |
"We Want the Same Thing" | Greg Masuak | |
"Blue Period" (with The Smithereens) | John Lloyd Miller | |
1991 | "Live Your Life Be Free" | Nick Egan |
"Do You Feel Like I Feel?" | ||
1992 | "Half the World" | |
"I Plead Insanity" | Scott Kalvert | |
"Little Black Book" | Dan Rucks | |
1993 | "Big Scary Animal" | Jim Gable (US version) |
Michel Gondry (UK version) | ||
"Lay Down Your Arms" | Neil Abramson | |
1996 | "In Too Deep" | David Nelson[22] |
"Always Breaking My Heart" | Philippe Gautier | |
"Love in the Key of C" | ||
1997 | "California" | |
"I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" | ||
1999 | "All God's Children" | Lee Donaldson |
2013 | "Sun" | Dan Ruttley |
References
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- Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 12, 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 55. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until June 12, 1988.
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- "I Get Weak": "Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart – Week Ending 17th April, 1988". ARIA, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from June 13, 1988: "australian-charts.com > Belinda Carlisle in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 50.
- "Vision of You" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 02 Sep 1990 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 34)". ARIA, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 2018-01-28. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
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