Lynsey de Paul discography
| Lynsey de Paul discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 11 |
| Singles | 23 |
The discography of English singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul consists of six studio albums, 11 compilation albums and 23 singles. Known for her top-ten hits "Sugar Me" and "No Honestly" and the Eurovision Song Contest entry "Rock Bottom", de Paul also wrote and/or co-wrote a number of songs that were hits for other artists, including "Storm in a Teacup" for the Fortunes and "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" for Barry Blue.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Surprise | |
| Taste Me... Don't Waste Me |
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| Love Bomb |
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| Tigers and Fireflies |
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| Before You Go Tonight |
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| Just a Little Time |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Greatest Hits |
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| The World of Lynsey de Paul |
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| Getting a Drag – Best Collection |
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| No Honestly |
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| Profile |
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| The Best of Lynsey de Paul |
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| Greatest Hits |
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| Best of the 70's |
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| Sugar and Beyond: Anthology 1972–1974 |
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| Into My Music: Anthology 1975–1979 |
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| Ten Best |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
BEL (WA) [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NL [7] |
SWE [8][9] |
SWI [10] | |||
| "Sugar Me" | 1972 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | — | 1 | 4 | — | Surprise |
| "Getting a Drag" | 18 | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "All Night" | 1973 | 56[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Won't Somebody Dance with Me" | 14 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 21 | — | — | ||
| "So Good to You" (Japan-only release) | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ooh I Do" | 25 | — | 13 | 26 | — | — | 16 | — | — | ||
| "No Honestly" | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love Bomb | |
| "My Man and Me" | 1975 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Taste Me... Don't Waste Me |
| "Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" (Japan-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Taste Me... Don't Waste Me | |
| "Hug and Squeeze Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love Bomb | |
| "Sugar Shuffle" (US, Japan and Peru-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Happy Christmas to You from Me" (with Barry Blue) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Love Bomb" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love Bomb |
| "If I Don't Get You the Next One Will" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Rock Bottom" (with Mike Moran) | 1977 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 7 | — | 6 | 1 | |
| "You Give Me Those Feelings" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hollywood Romance" | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tigers and Fireflies |
| "Tigers and Fireflies" | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Strange Changes" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Air on a Heart String" (with Horea Crishan) | 1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Magie der Panflöte, Folge 2 (by Crishan) |
| "There's No Place Like London" | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Water" (Twiggz featuring Lynsey de Paul) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Contributions
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | N/A | The Pipkins | Gimme Dat Ding | Album artwork |
| 1973 | "I Gotcha Now" | Zakatek | Non-album singles | Writer, producer, arranger |
| "So Good to You" | ||||
| "Get Your Gun" | Cowriter, producer, co-arranger | |||
| "Gotta Runaway" | ||||
| 1974 | "Alice" | Mott the Hoople | The Hoople | Backing vocals |
| "Roll Away the Stone" | ||||
| "Rock 'n' Roll Winter (Loony's Tune)" | Wizzard | Non-album singles | ||
| "Roter Mann" | Zakatek | Cowriter, producer, co-arranger | ||
| 1976 | "Don't You Remember When" | Vera Lynn | Backing vocals, co-writer, producer | |
| "That Old Feeling" | Producer | |||
| "Because" | Lynsey de Paul | All This and World War II | De Paul guest performed the track | |
| 1977 | "Hi Summer" | Carl Wayne | Non-album singles | Writer, producer |
| "My Girl and Me" | ||||
| 1981 | "All I Am" | Marti Webb | Won't Change Places | Co-writer, producer |
| "What You Gonna Do with Your Freedom" | ||||
| 1983 | "Air on a Heart String" | Horea Crishan | Magie der Panflöte, Folge 2 | Synthesiser |
| 1988 | "Hearts of Gold" | Gold | Non-album single | Writer, producer, arranger |
| "Sacks of Gold" |
Hits written for other artists
- 1972: "Storm in a Teacup" (co-written with Ron Roker, No. 7 hit in the UK for the Fortunes)[11]
- 1972: "On the Ride (You Do It Once, You Do It Twice)" (co-written with Ed Adamberry), No. 23 hit in the Netherlands for Continental Uptight Band[12]
- 1973: "You Do It Once, You Do It Twice" (co-written with Ed Adamberry), No. 1 hit in Malaysia for Family Robinson[13]
- 1973: "When You've Gotta Go" (co-written with Ron Roker), No. 100 hit in Australia for Solomon King[14]
- 1973: "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" (co-written with Barry Blue), No. 2 hit in the UK for Barry Blue[11]
- 1973: "Tip of My Tongue" (co-written with Barry Blue), UK chart bubbler listing for Brotherly Love[15]
- 1974: "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" (co-written with Barry Blue) No. 93 hit in the US for Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids,[16] No. 79 on the Cashbox Top 100[17]
- 1974: "School Love" (co-written with Barry Blue), No. 11 hit in the UK for Barry Blue[11]
- 1974: "Miss Hit and Run" (co-written with Barry Blue), No. 26 hit in the UK for Barry Blue[18]
- 1974: "Hot Shot" (co-written with Barry Blue), No. 26 hit in the UK for Barry Blue[11]
- 1974: "Central Park Arrest" written by de Paul, No. 30 hit in the UK for Thunderthighs[18]
- 1977: "Let Your Body Go Downtown" (co-written with Mike Moran), No. 38 hit in the UK for Martyn Ford Orchestra[18]
- 1977: "Hi Summer" written by de Paul, No. 10 hit in South Africa and No. 4 in Rhodesia,[19] No. 141 in the UK[20] for Carl Wayne
- 1984: "We Got Love" (co-written with Terry Britten), No. 118 UK hit for the Real Thing[21] and No. 50 on the Music Week UK Disco and Dance chart[22]
- 1986: "There's No Place Like London" (co-written with Gerard Kenny), No. 138 in the UK for Shirley Bassey[23]
- 1989: "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" (remix version co-written with Barry Blue), No. 86 in the UK for Barry Blue[24]
- 1996: "Martian Man" (track on "The Milkman" maxi-CD by Julianne Regan's group Mice),[25] No. 92 in the UK[26]
Notes
- ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
References
- ^ "LYNSEY DE PAUL". Official Charts. 19 August 1972. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 84. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Discografie Lynsey De Paul - Ultratop.be". Ultratop.be. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "Discographie Lynsey De Paul". Ultratop.be. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "Discografie Lynsey De Paul". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "Lynsey De Paul - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com - Discography Lynsey De Paul". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
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- ^ a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-904994-10-7.
- ^ "Continental Uptight Band - "On The Ride"". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Family Robinson Band". Singaporerevisited.wordpress.com. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ Top 100 (ARIA Chart) Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing
- ^ "1970 to 1975 BMRB chart 'Bubblers'". Ukmix.org. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 8 June 1974. p. 49. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/29/74". 98.130.35.56. 29 June 1974. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London, UK: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-904994-10-7.
- ^ "Carl Wayne - Hi Summer / My Girl And Me - Gallo - Rhodesia - PD 1484". 45cat.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1976 - 1979 Monthly Top 200 Best Sellers". Ukmix.org. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
- ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1984 (including chart panel sales)". Ukmix.org. 27 June 2022. p. 17. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Music Week, p. 32, 3 November 1984
- ^ "UK Singles Charts: 1986 (including chart panel sales)". Ukmix.org. p. 10. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Dancin (on a Saturday Night) | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "Mice - The Milkman (CD)". Discogs.com. 22 April 1996. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "the+milkman | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.