The Brand New Heavies discography
| The Brand New Heavies discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Singles | 32 |
| Remix albums | 4 |
This is the discography of acid jazz and funk group the Brand New Heavies.
Albums[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2][3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
JPN [6] |
NL [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] |
US R&B [11] | |||
| The Brand New Heavies |
|
25 | 139 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | |
| Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 |
|
38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139 | 49 | |
| Brother Sister |
|
4 | 20 | — | 86 | 45 | 67 | 31 | 23 | 95 | 26 |
|
| Shelter |
|
5 | 20 | 39 | 55 | 43 | 41 | 23 | 38 | 118 | 29 |
|
| We Won't Stop |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Allabouthefunk |
|
122 | — | 138 | — | 148 | — | — | 81 | — | — | |
| Get Used to It |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 79 | |
| Dunk Your Trunk |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Forward |
|
162 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | |
| Sweet Freaks |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| TBNH |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Live albums[edit]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Shibuya 357 |
|
| Live in London |
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| Live at the Soul Kitchen, Gothenburg |
|
Compilation albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK R&B [13] |
AUS [14] |
JPN [6] |
NL [7] |
SCO [15] |
SWE [8] | |||
| Original Flava |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dream Come True – The Best of the Acid Jazz Years |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Trunk Funk – The Best of the Brand New Heavies |
|
13 | 2 | 76 | 97 | 95 | 24 | 6 |
|
| The Platinum Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Best of 20 Years |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Never Stop... The Best of |
|
— | 3 | — | — | — | 89 | — | |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Remix albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US R&B [11] | ||
| Excursions: Remixes & Rare Grooves |
|
70 |
| Elephantitis: The Funk + House Remixes |
|
— |
| Get Used to It – The Tom Moulton Mixes |
|
— |
| Elephantitis: The Funk + House Remixes 2 |
|
— |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart. | ||
Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK R&B [16] |
CAN [17] |
GER [18] |
JPN [19] |
NL [7] |
NZ [20] |
SCO [21] |
US [22] |
US R&B [23] | ||||
| "Got to Give" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "People Get Ready" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dream Come True" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | The Brand New Heavies | |
| "Never Stop" | 1991 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | 3 | ||
| "Dream Come True" (re-issue) | 1992 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | ||
| "Ultimate Trunk Funk" (EP) [A] | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Bonafide Funk" (featuring Main Source & Large Professor) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 | ||
| "Stay This Way" | 40 | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | The Brand New Heavies | ||
| "Dream On Dreamer" | 1994 | 15 | — | 47 | 56 | — | — | — | 19 | 51 | 19 | Brother Sister | |
| "Back to Love" | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | |||
| "Midnight at the Oasis" | 13 | — | — | 68 | — | — | 48 | 11 | — | — | |||
| "Brother Sister" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Spend Some Time" | 26 | 8 | — | 82 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | |||
| "Close to You" | 1995 | 38 | 5 | — | 75 | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | Prêt-à-Porter | |
| "Mind Trips" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Excursions: Remixes and Rare Grooves | ||
| "Sometimes" | 1997 | 11 | 3 | 71 | — | — | 83 | — | 16 | 88 | 20 |
|
Shelter |
| "You Are the Universe" | 21 | 4 | — | 73 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | |||
| "You've Got a Friend" | 9 | — | — | 77 | — | 79 | — | 13 | — | — | |||
| "You Can Do It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Shelter" | 1998 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | ||
| "Saturday Nite" | 1999 | 35 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | Trunk Funk – The Best of the Brand New Heavies | |
| "Apparently Nothing" | 32 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | |||
| "What Do You Take Me For?" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | We Won't Stop | |
| "Boogie" | 2004 | 66 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Allabouthefunk | |
| "Surrender" | 2005 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | ||
| "I Don't Know Why (I Love You)" | 2007 | 188 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Get Used To It | |
| "Let's Do It Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sunlight" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | Forward | |
| "Sweet Freeek" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | Sweet Freaks | |
| "Getaway" (with N'Dea Davenport) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBNH | |
| "These Walls" (with N'Dea Davenport) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Songs featured on soundtracks[edit]
- 1992: "People Get Ready (Remix)" in Juice
- 1994: "Close to You" in Prêt-à-Porter
- 1994: "Higher Learning/Time for Change" in Higher Learning
- 1996: "World Keeps Spinning" in The Truth About Cats & Dogs
- 1997: "I Like It" in Love Jones
- 1998: "More Love" in Sliding Doors
- 1999: “Midnight at the Oasis” in American Pie
- 2006: "Jump n' Move" in Happy Feet
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Never Stop" and "Stay This Way" peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart, on 25.04.1992, as part of the Ultimate Trunk Funk EP with "Never Stop" being the lead track. The other track on the EP was "Mr. Tanaka".[24] "Stay This Way" didn't chart on its own, in the UK, in 1991, the song was released on its own, after its inclusion on the Ultimate Trunk Funk EP in December 1992, peaking at number 40 on 26.12.92.[25]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Peaks in the UK:
- All except noted: "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- Allabouthefunk and "I Don't Know Why (I Love You)": "Chart Log UK: Darren B - David Byrne". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- Forward: "Chart Log UK – Weekly Updates Sales 2013". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Australian chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 9 March 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "French chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ German studio albums:
- "Brother Sister" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Shelter" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ a b Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
- ^ a b c "Dutch chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Swedish chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Swiss chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "US album chart peaks". Billboard. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ a b "US R&B album chart peaks". Billboard. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ UK R&B albums
- "Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 41.
- ^ Scottish compilation albums "Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ UK R&B singles
- "Spend Some Time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Close to You". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Sometimes". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "You Are the Universe". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Saturday Nite". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Apparently Nothing". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Boogie". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "I Don't Know Why (I Love You)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ Canadian singles:
- "Dream On Dreamer" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- "Sometimes" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ German singles:
- "Stay This Way" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- "Dream On Dreamer" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- "Midnight at the Oasis" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- "Spend Some Time" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- "Close to You" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- "You Are the Universe" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- "You've Got a Friend" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Japanese singles". Billboard. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ Scottish singles
- "Dream On Dreamer". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Back to Love". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Midnight at the Oasis". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Spend Some Time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Close to You". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Sometimes". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "You've Got a Friend". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Shelter". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Saturday Nite". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Apparently Nothing". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Surrender". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "US Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "US R&B Singles". Billboard. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "ultimate trunk funk (ep) | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "stay this way | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.