Marcella Detroit discography
The discography of American recording artist Marcella Detroit consists of seven studio albums, two compilation albums, sixteen singles (including three as a featured artist), and ten other appearances. Detroit released her debut studio album Marcella in 1982 under her birth name Marcy Levy, which went largely unnoticed. She became a member of pop group Shakespears Sister in 1989, who released two studio albums in her time with the band, the second, Hormonally Yours, peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified double platinum by the BPI.[1][2] After leaving the band in 1993, Detroit released her second studio album Jewel in March 1994, which peaked at No. 15 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified silver. The album's lead single, "I Believe", peaked at No. 11 in the UK, and reached the top ten in Australia. Her following album Feeler, released in September 1996, was less successful, although it reached No. 82 in Japan. A live album, Without Medication Plus MTV "Buzz Live" was released promotionally in Japan the same year. Detroit's first EP, Abfab Songs, was released in 1999, consisting entirely of original songs featured on Absolutely Fabulous in 1996, when Detroit guest-starred in two episodes as an angel.[3] The same year, she released Demoz, a double-CD collection of demos through her website.[4] Her fourth studio album Dancing Madly Sideways was released in the same fashion, and thus did not chart in any territories.
| Marcella Detroit discography | |
|---|---|
 Singing with Eric Clapton on tour; San Bernardino, California; August 15, 1975. | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Singles | 16 |
In 2002, Detroit formed a self-titled blues band, the Marcy Levy Band, who released their debut EP Button Fly Blues in 2003, followed by a full studio album The Upside of Being Down in 2006. The band broke up sometime in 2007–2008. Detroit released a Christmas EP, Happy Holiday in 2011, followed by a second holiday EP Holiday 2012 a year after. She released her fifth studio album, The Vehicle, in April 2013 through Right Recordings, her first solo album in 12 years. Her sixth studio album, and her first holiday album, For the Holidays, was released in November 2013, followed by her seventh studio album, Gray Matterz, in 2015.[5]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [6] |
JPN [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| Marcella[a] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Jewel | 53 | — | 32 | 18 | 15 | ||
| Feeler | — | 82 | — | — | — | ||
| Dancing Madly Sideways |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| The Vehicle |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| For the Holidays |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Gray Matterz |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Demoz |
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| The Music Sales Group Presents Marcella Detroit |
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| Jewel: The Original Demo Recordings |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Without Medication Plus MTV "Buzz Live" |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Abfab Songs |
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| Limited Edition |
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| Happy Holiday |
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| Holiday 2012 |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [11] |
AUS [6] |
GER [12] |
IRE [13] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| "Help Me!"[a] (with Robin Gibb) |
1980 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Times Square |
| "Close to Her"[a] | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Marcella |
| "I Believe" | 1994 | — | 10 | 81 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 11 | Jewel |
| "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Elton John) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | ||
| "I'm No Angel" | — | 116 | — | — | — | — | 33 | ||
| "Perfect World" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 134 | |
| "I Hate You Now..." | 1996 | — | 166 | — | — | — | — | 107 | Feeler |
| "Somebody's Mother" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Boy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 102 | ||
| "Flower" | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lust for Like" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dancing Madly Sideways |
| "Madison's Light" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A |
| "Love, Faith and Hope" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Good Girl Down" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Vehicle |
| "The Vehicle" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "While We Are Sleeping" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A |
| "England Calling" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gray Matterz |
| "Stay" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Vehicle | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "If You Could Read My Mind" (Aurora featuring Marcella Detroit) |
2002 | Aurora |
| "Mystery to Me" (Loverush U.K. featuring Marcella Detroit) |
2007 | N/A |
| "My Friend Misery" (Vacuum featuring Marcella Detroit) |
2008 | Your Whole Life Is Leading Up to This |
| "Paradies" (Parralox featuring Marcella Detroit) |
2018 | Subculture |
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Come and Follow Me"[a] (with Max Carl) |
1986 | N/A |
| "I Want to Take You Higher" | 1994 | Jewel |
| "You Better Be Good" | 2009 | Happy Holiday |
| "All Is Forgiven" | 2010 | N/A |
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Millie and Billie"[a] (with Alice Cooper) |
1978 | From the Inside |
| "Where Do I Go"[a] (Jimmy Ruffin featuring Marcella Detroit) |
1980 | Sunrise |
| "Somebody to Love"[a] | 1981 | American Pop |
| "You Knew What You Were Doing"[a] | 1988 | Mac and Me |
| "To Die For" (Aurora featuring Marcella Detroit) |
2001 | Aurora |
| "Some Flowers" | 2002 | Getting Through It |
| "I Wish You Love" | 2005 | Marry Me |
| "Fantasy" (The Alex Dixon Band featuring Marcella Detroit) |
2009 | Rising from the Bushes |
| "Paint You a Picture" (The Alex Dixon Band featuring Marcella Detroit) | ||
| "Yell Cut" (with Anthony Costa, Maria Quintle, Royston Gooden, Craig Steinand and Lara Copcutt) |
2012 | Natasha |
Music videos
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| "Help Me!" (with Robin Gibb)[a] |
1980 |
| "I Believe" | 1994 |
| "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Elton John) | |
| "I'm No Angel" | |
| "Perfect World" | 1995 |
| "I Hate You Now..." | 1996 |
| "Boy" | |
| "Flower" | 1997 |
| "Lust for Like" | 2001 |
| "All Is Forgiven" | 2010 |
| "Happy Holiday" | 2011 |
| "Yell Cut" (with Anthony Costa, Maria Quintle, Royston Gooden, Craig Steinand and Lara Copcutt) |
2012 |
| "Good Girl Down" | 2013 |
| "The Vehicle" | |
| "California Christmas" |
Notes
^ a These early releases were under Detroit's birth name Marcy Levy.
References
- "Official Charts > Shakespears Sister". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- BPI Search Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Marcella Detroit - IMDB
- Badgley, Aaron. "Abfab Songs - Marcella Detroit : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- Marcella Detroit Official on Facebook
- Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Marcella Detroit in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 80.
- "I'm No Angel" and "I Hate You Now": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015". imgur.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
- "Japan Charts, Marcella Detroit" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- "swedishcharts.com > Marcella Detroit in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- "hitparade.ch > Marcella Detroit in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- UK chart peaks:
- Top 100 peaks: "Official Charts > Marcella Detroit". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-10-25. N.B. This site applies chart exclusion rules for positions 76-100.
- Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > Asher D – Dyverse". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-25. N.B. This site displays uncompressed (no exclusions applied) chart peaks for positions 76-200, between November 1994 and May 2001. Some chart peaks are therefore lower than those displayed on the Official Charts site, which uses the compressed chart below number 75.
- "Billboard > Marcy Levy Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Marcella Detroit – I Believe (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- "The Irish charts > All there is to know – Search results for 'Marcella Detroit' (from irishcharts.ie)". Fireball Media. Retrieved 2019-10-25 – via Imgur.com.
