Rick James discography

This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American Funk/R&B singer/musician Rick James.

Rick James in 1984

Studio albums
Year Album Chart positions US
certifications[1]		 Record label
US
[2]		 US
R&B		 AUS[3] UK
[4]
1978 Come Get It! 13 3 — — Gold Gordy
1979 Bustin' Out of L Seven 16 2 — —
Fire It Up 34 5 —
1980 Garden of Love 83 17 —
1981 Street Songs 3 1 76 — Platinum
1982 Throwin' Down 13 2 — 93 Gold
1983 Cold Blooded 16 1 — — Gold
1985 Glow 50 7 — — —
1986 The Flag 95 16 — — —
1988 Wonderful 148 12 — — — Reprise
1989 Kickin' — — — — —
1997 Urban Rapsody 170 31 — — — Private I
2007 Deeper Still 185 19 — — — Stone City
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified

Compilation albums
Year Album Chart positions Record label
US
[2]		 US
R&B
1984 Reflections 41 10 Gordy
1994 Bustin' Out: The Best of Rick James — — Motown
1997 Ultimate Collection — —
2000 The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rick James — —
2002 Anthology — —
2004 Greatest Hits — —
2005 Gold — —
The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rick James, Vol. 2 — —
2006 The Definitive Collection — —
2014 The Complete Motown Albums — —
"—" denotes the album failed to chart

Albums credited to The Stone City Band
Year Album Chart positions Record label
US
[2]		 US
R&B
1980 In 'N' Out 122 30 Gordy
1981 The Boys Are Back — 53
1983 Out From The Shadow — 56
"—" denotes the album failed to chart

Singles
Year Single Chart positions
US
[5]		 US
R&B		 US
Dance		 AUS[3] UK
[4]
1978 "You and I" 13 1 3 — 46
"Mary Jane" 41 3 — — —
1979 "High on You Love Suite" 72 12 — — —
"Bustin' Out" 71 8 — — —
"Fool on the Street" — 35 — — —
"Love Gun" — 13 32 — —
1980 "Come into My Life (Part 1)" — 26 — — —
"Big Time" — 17 38 — 41
1981 "Give It to Me Baby" 40 1 1 — 47
"Super Freak (Part 1)" 16 3 26 —
"Ghetto Life" 102 38 — —
1982 "Standing on the Top (Part 1)" (with The Temptations) 66 6 — — 53
"Dance wit' Me (Part 1)" 64 3 7 — 53
"Hard to Get" — 15 — — —
"She Blew My Mind (69 Times)" — 62 — — —
1983 "Cold Blooded" 40 1 17 — 93
"U Bring the Freak Out" 101 16 — — —
"Ebony Eyes" (with Smokey Robinson) 43 22 — — 96
1984 "17" 36 6 — — 76
"You Turn Me On" — 31 — — 89
1985 "Can't Stop" 50 10 9 — —
"Glow" 106 5 1 — 80
"Spend the Night with Me" — 41 — — —
1986 "Sweet and Sexy Thing" — 6 4 — —
1988 "Loosey's Rap" (featuring Roxanne Shanté) — 1 25 — 80
"Wonderful" — 50 — — —
1989 "This Magic Moment"/"Dance with Me" (medley) — 74 — — —
2004 "On the Run" (with Bump J) — — — — —
2006 "In the Ghetto" (with Busta Rhymes) — 50 — — —
"—" denotes the single failed to chart

Writing and production discography

Albums
Year Artist Album details Peak chart
positions		 Certifications Notes
US
[6]		 US R&B
[7]		 CAN
[8]		 NZ
[9]		 AUS
[3]		 UK
[10]
1979 Teena Marie Wild And Peaceful
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Gordy
 94 18 — — — — Rick James produced and wrote

all the songs on the album

1982 Bobby Militello Rick James Presents Bobby M - Blow
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Gordy
 — — — — — —
1983 Mary Jane Girls Mary Jane Girls
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Gordy
 56 6 — — — 51 Rick James produced and wrote

all the songs on the album

1984 Mary Jane Girls Only Four You
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Gordy
 18 5 67 28 — — Rick James produced and wrote

all the songs on the album

1985 Val Young Seduction
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Gordy
 — — — — — —
Eddie Murphy How Could It Be
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: CBS
 26 17 — — — — Rick James produced and wrote

two songs on the album

2014

(recorded

1986)

 Mary Jane Girls Conversation
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Gordy
 — — — — — — Rick James produced and wrote

all the songs on the album

"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles
Year Artist Title Peak chart positions Certification Album Notes
US
[12]		 US
R&B
[12]		 US
Dan
[12]		 AUS
[13]		 BEL
[14]		 CAN
[8]		 IRE
[15]		 NLD
[16]		 NZ
[9]		 UK
[10]
1983 Mary Jane Girls "Candy Man" 101 23 8 — — — — — — 60 Mary Jane Girls Rick James wrote

and produced

all these songs

"All Night Long" 101 11 — — — 18 — — 13
"Boys" 102 29 — — — — — — 74
1984 "Jealousy" 106 84 — — — — — — — —
1985 "In My House" 7 3 1 19 8 6 — 6 6 77 Only Four You
"Wild and Crazy Love" 42 10 3 — 26 — — — — —
"Break It Up" — 79 33 — — — — — — —
Eddie Murphy "Party All the Time" 2 8 19 21 — — — — 3 87 How Could It Be
"How Could It Be"

(with Crystal Blake)

 — 63 — — — — — — — —
1986 Mary Jane Girls "Walk Like A Man" 41 91 — — 26 97 — — 49 — Conversation
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References
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  9. "NZ Charts > Rose Royce". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
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  14. "BEL Charts > Mary Jane Girls". VRT Top 30. Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
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